Jose Mourinho feels Spain's dramatic change of boss two days before their World Cup opener against Portugal is not a huge problem for La Roja. Julen Lopetegui was sacked as Spain coach on Wednesday, a day on from it being announced by Real Madrid that he would take over as their new boss after the tournament.

Giving his thoughts on the matter Manchester United boss Mourinho said: "I think it's a strange situation. If it's true what I read, that the president of the federation was informed a couple of minutes before the club makes it official, it's a strange process. What I feel is that it is a national team with such a quality, such a maturity and such an understanding. The fact that it's not Lopetegui on the bench and it's Fernando Hierro I don't think is going to make a huge difference, because the players, they pick themselves. They are so good that I don't think it's a huge problem for them."