Manchester United ought to replace Jose Mourinho once his contract runs out… fans were wrong to think he would change
Red Devils boss insists he has no plans to leave Old Trafford any time soon and will see out his contract
WITH two trophies in his first year, Jose Mourinho was a big success and if it wasn't for a freak Manchester City side breaking all the records we’d currently be top of the Premier League.
By all accounts, that’s a successful side. So, why is it not a shoe-in that fans want Mourinho to stay past his three-year contract?
It’s the conflict between style and substance.
Mourinho is a manager who is more than happy for his side to sit back on a 1-0 lead and that causes huge conflict with United fans who want to see us go for the jugular and kill the game off with a second goal.
It causes even more conflict when that leads to points being dropped. That's happened on more than one occasion under Mourinho, which gives the argument against his style some credence.
Of course, everything is being exacerbated by what Pep Guardiola is achieving with Man City having only spent around £50million more than Mourinho.
Were it not for City doing so well, the spotlight on Mourinho’s United wouldn’t be so intense. But with City flying high and the Red Devils regularly struggling to break down teams, especially in the first half, fans can’t help but be frustrated that the power shift in Manchester is now more than just noise.
United went 40 games unbeaten at home between September 2016 and December 2017; the two games United lost either side of that record? City, both times.
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On top of that, it’s the pressure Mourinho has put on himself by being so successful.
He won the league in his second year in charge of Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid. So, United fans went into the season with a real swagger that only became inflated with the arrivals of Nemanja Matic, Romelu Lukaku and Victor Lindelof.
Let’s not forget how well United did at the start of the season too - 32 goals in our first ten games in all competitions, nine wins and only one draw with seven clean sheets.
It was one of our best ever starts to a Premier League season and the confidence in Mourinho’s plan looked well-placed.
Then cracks emerged, they’ve never gone away and the humiliation to City at home in December compounded those problems.
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