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I’m waiting on Jose Mourinho’s call for Manchester United move, jokes Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprint legend is calling it a day after the world championships in London, but the lifelong United fan is still keen to fulfil another dream

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Usain Bolt may be hanging up the athletics spikes for good after the upcoming world championships in London, but he might have a new career path lined up already.

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The eight-time Olympic champion sprinter is an avid Manchester United fan and has joked that manager Jose Mourinho is keeping him sweating on a dream move to Old Trafford.

“Everyone knows I’m always talking about [playing] football, I’m waiting on a call from Mourinho,” Bolt said at a promotional event with sponsors Puma in London.

“I think he’s waiting until the last day [of the transfer window].”

The 30-year-old Jamaican has suggested in the past that United should take him on trial, and with a move for Inter Milan winger Ivan Persic seemingly stalling, Mourinho could maybe use Bolt’s rapid pace on the wings.

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