{"id":405886,"date":"2017-07-27T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/27\/jose-mourinho-happy-with-new-afcon-timing\/"},"modified":"2017-07-27T13:00:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T13:00:51","slug":"jose-mourinho-happy-with-new-afcon-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/27\/jose-mourinho-happy-with-new-afcon-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho happy with new Afcon timing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/22406544.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mourinho Bailly\" title=\"Mourinho Bailly\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Jose Mourinho and Eric Bailly<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1501160451_47_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho on Wednesday welcomed the decision to hold the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in June and July, calling it \u201cperfect\u201d for Premier League clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that\u2019s the change it\u2019s perfect for us obviously,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause it\u2019s hard in the middle of the season to lose players like we do \u2026 It\u2019s not good for the clubs, it\u2019s not good for the competition, it\u2019s not good for the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football announced on Thursday plans for the 2019 edition of the tournament to be held in June and July, rather than in its traditional slot in January and February.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho was forced to do without the services of Eric Bailly halfway through the 2016-17 season when the defender departed to represent Ivory Coast in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if we can do that, if we manage to move the Africa Cup during the European break it\u2019s a fantastic change,\u201d Mourinho said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Mourinho and Eric Bailly &#13; 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