Manchester United have sacked Jose Mourinho as their manager and appointed former player Ole Solskjaer as the caretaker manager until the end of the season.
The sacking of Jose Mourinho came days after United’s humiliating loss to Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League and most of the club faithful are very happy that the Portuguese has vacated his position at the club.
But there is one man who believes sacking Jose Mourinho was not the right move.
The man we are talking about is former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard who has spoken out about the decision arguing that the former Real Madrid man has been the most successful manager at Man United since Sir Alex Ferguson left.
“He’s a serial winner everywhere he has gone,” Steven Gerrard said.
“He’s been sacked at United but he’s won them a couple of trophies. He’s done the best job since Alex Ferguson left.
“It seems like they sort of struggled but Jose came in and put a couple of trophies in the cabinet, so I don’t think you can criticise him too much.
We can confirm that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the 2018/19 season.
He will be joined by Mike Phelan as first-team coach, together with Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna. #MUFC
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 19, 2018
“It will be interesting to see which direction they go with the new manager, but none of the Man Utd fans care what I say about it!”
Steven Gerrard currently manages Rangers FC in the Scottish Premiership and frankly, he is the last person who would have been expected to support Jose Mourinho.
But to slightly defend the sacking decision, yes, Jose Mourinho did deliver a number of trophies at the club but the team’s performances had been going down with each passing month and slowly each and every player was turning against the manager.
And perhaps the biggest argument of all.
We all know what happens to Jose Mourinho when he enters the third year at a club.
