Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho and club chief Ed Woodward have barely spoken in the past three weeks, it has been claimed.

The Daily Mail says Mourinho is on a collision course with Woodward just five days before the start of the new Premier League season.

Mourinho was on Saturday night no nearer to getting the two new signings he wants before the transfer window closes on Thursday - 24 hours before United's opening game at home to Leicester - and feels let down by Woodward's lack of support on the club's wretched tour of America.

It has emerged that Mourinho's awkward encounter with Woodward in the tunnel after United's final game in Miami was their first meeting of any kind on the 17-day trip.

United's executive vice-chairman also made a point of going into the dressing room at the Hard Rock Stadium to shake hands with all of the players, and did the same on the flight back to Manchester.

"It was as if Ed realised that he had to do more, but it was too little too late," said a source last night.

"Everyone could see that Jose was completely mystified by Ed's absence. He's never experienced that before with a chairman on tour. Jose was miserable in the US but people began to see that he had a point."