Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has entered his third season at the club – that destructive season where everything is supposed to go wrong for the Portuguese.
And it looks like history is about to repeat itself.
United have been performing poorly during the current season and many pundits feel that Jose Mourinho will not survive until the festive period.
Mourinho though has categorically denied all such claims arguing that Man United board are fully backing him.
But even a layman can see that all is not well at Old Trafford and if the Red Devils cannot improve their performances significantly then surely Jose will be shown the door.
And former Man United player Paul Ince has come up with a perfect argument as to why Jose Mourinho’s men cannot churn out performances and that the boss should be ready to leave anytime now.
The former midfielder told Paddy Power News: “It looks to me like Jose Mourinho is stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea.
“Realistically, he wants to play defensively and nick a one nil win, but he knows that the fans and players at United won’t accept that. And they’re right not to.
“We’re three seasons into Mourinho’s reign now. There are no more excuses. You’ve spent a lot of money if I was managing a team and they’d given me three years, and it was clear we weren’t up to standard, I’d expect to lose my job.”
Ince added, with Mourinho accused of having fallen behind a number of Premier League rivals: “Are we getting to the stage where United just aren’t good enough? Yes. They’re slipping too far behind, and can’t compete with the best sides anymore.
“They’re not even showing signs of improvement. In fact, they’re going backwards. He bought Fred who can’t get a game, and the same goes for Alexis Sanchez. He’s disappeared! His career has gone backwards.
“I can see why there’s been criticism of the board. But, in their defence, you can’t go and spend £50 million on Fred just to stick him on the bench. You can’t keep getting away with it and expect not to be questioned.
“Mourinho is too focused on what the opposition are doing. Focus on your own team, instead. Your players look completely scared, they have no confidence at all.
“The sad fact is United have no presence any more. Liverpool do, Man City clearly do, even Chelsea in such a short time are showing what they’re made of. Why after three years are Manchester United still trying to find a winning formula under Mourinho?
“They’re trying to find a remedy, the right personnel and a style of play, and it’s failing. With Jurgen Klopp, you know the direction his team are going in. You can see what they’ve been working on in training all week.
“With United, they look like they don’t have a clue.
“The players don’t know what they’re doing. It’s more of a case of go out, hope we get a result, see what happens. I’m not disputing they’ve got some incredible talent, but from what I’m seeing they don’t know how to play together.”
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