Leny Yoro has warned that Manchester United are ready to take ‘revenge’ for last season as they look to make a fresh start under Ruben Amorim.
The young French defender knows there are people who want United to fail again but insists the team will shut out the external noise and ‘bull***t’.
United are looking to bounce back from their worst season in more than half a century, and landed in Manchester on Monday after winning the Premier League Summer Series on tour in the US.
Yoro said: ‘When you play for Manchester United, you need to have the mindset of being the best version of yourself. I think what we did last season was a mistake for us.
‘When you’re Manchester United, you cannot be at this position. The fans know it, everyone knows it. I think we understand this. This season will be different for us. It will be like a revenge from last season. We need to do better.
‘I think mentally everyone is ready. We still have one game against Fiorentina to prepare. But the mindset of the team is to be ready for the first game, ready for the season. I think we are working and training for this, and we are ready for the opening game.’
Leny Yoro is determined for his second season with Man United to be much better than his first
Yoro featured in Sunday night’s 2-2 draw with Everton as United ended their tour of the USA
Defender Yoro and his team-mates applauded supporters in Atlanta after Sunday’s draw — a result which saw United win the Premier League Summer Series
United’s determination to succeed is also driven by the critics who took pleasure in their problems last season as Amorim’s side finished 15th in the Premier League and lost the Europa League final to Tottenham.
‘We are a big club,’ added Yoro. ‘There are a lot of people that want us to fail and we know that. But there are also a lot of people that want us to do it, to do great things. We just focus on the fans, you know. We don’t care about what they say outside. Everyone said bull***t about us last year.
‘I understand because we didn’t do really well but this season will be different, I hope for us. We don’t need to listen to this and just be focused on ourselves.’
United ended the tour with an underwhelming 2-2 draw with Everton in Atlanta but remained unbeaten after their wins over West Ham in New Jersey and Bournemouth in Chicago, which followed a goalless draw with Leeds in Stockholm.
‘I would not say we’re disappointed because we did a good tour,’ said Yoro. ‘We arrived first, this is good. We didn’t lose. We know we can do better and there are still some things to improve. I think we can be happy with what we did during this tour.’
Yoro had a huge setback on last summer’s tour of the US following a £52million move from Lille when he fractured a metatarsal against Arsenal in LA and didn’t play again until December.
The 19-year-old is looking forward to being involved from the start of the season when United face the Gunners at Old Trafford in their opening game a week on Sunday. ‘Of course, last season was not easy to start with an injury,’ he said. ‘When you come back during the season, it’s difficult for you. But today I’m good. I did a good pre-season. I’m not injured, thanks to God. I will continue like this and try to play as many games as I can.’
