Swansea City boss Carlos Carvalhal is looking forward to their clash with Manchester United.

Swansea lost 4-0 at home to United in August and 2-0 in the ­Carabao Cup in October, but that was before the arrival of the Welsh ­wordsmith warrior – and he is ready for the last laugh on Jose Mourinho.

“It will be an interesting game at Manchester United," he said. “But it will be one of our hardest games. I am sure we will talk, absolutely. He will smile and make some jokes to me, in private. He likes to do that and he's a funny guy.

“But there is no co-operative feeling among Portuguese ­managers. It's not in our culture. We tend not to share our secrets."