Barcelona have been tipped to make a loan offer for unsettled Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw this summer so as to keep funds available for the bigger goal of sealing the €100m capture of Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid.
Despite praise from Mourinho earlier this season, Shaw's United career has been thrown into uncertainty once again in recent weeks after another reported run-in with the boss yielded unsavoury rumours of bullying.
There was hope that Mourinho would reconcile with the 22-year-old after hinting he could be involved in last weekend's game against Swansea, but Shaw remained an unused substitute.