Mourinho gives United's title hopes the bird

JOSE MOURINHO claims he is more concerned by a potential outbreak of bird flu than Manchester United's Premiership title challenge.

United's eight-match winning run has slashed Chelsea's lead to seven points, but Mourinho insists he is happy with his team's position.

Instead, the Chelsea manager has suffered greater anxiety by the discovery that the dead swan washed-up in Scotland was carrying the deadly bird-flu virus.