Jose Mourinho wants to create a new Manchester United to match the club's prestigious history
United lost the Super Cup to European Champions Real Madrid in Skopje on Tuesday but the Europa League winners will be back on the big Champions League Euro stage in September for the first time since December 2015 when Louis van Gaal's side were knocked out of the group stages.
"We have a giant on our chest, which is really heavy, but we don't compare our potential to the biggest clubs in Europe right now. We'll take it step by step and be humble.
"Because Manchester United is a real giant, it doesn't matter if the club is somewhat far away from that level for three, four, five or 10 years. It doesn't matter: the club will always be a giant.
"But our job is to try to bring the football club back to that stature. That's really difficult these days.
"Before, the giants were the powerful ones economically, and now there are small clubs in terms of prestige and history, who are giants economically. That changes absolutely everything."
Mournho, though, says he is going to be patient in his quest to ensure United's future on-field status mirrors the past glories.
"I want the team to be on a par with the club's history, which is something I've been lucky enough to feel at every club - there was the same kind of feeling at Inter and at Real Madrid," added the Reds boss.
"We are going to do that, step by step. Last season we won trophies. Playing against the European champions (in the Super Cup), it's like we're back at the theatre, back at that level. This is where we want to be.
"We'll improve the team and try to be at that level, to constantly be improving. And I think we're going to reach that level as a football team in the next couple of years."
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