Having made it clear for several months that he wasn't really interested in staying at Manchester United, Jose Mourinho has finally been sacked. It would seem that defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Liverpool last weekend was the last straw.
Mourinho is well known for having a short term approach to his appointments and this is not the first time that the third year has proved problematic, indeed he's only once stayed in a job for more than 3 years. Historically, Mourinho moves in to a club already either at the top or on the rise, has a successful first year and possibly 2nd, but then it all goes wrong. He tries to buy success but the players don't fulfil his ambition he leaves.
Many seem to believe that he's a great manager. I believe he's a conman. He has success on the back of others in his first year or 18 months but once his own purchases and methods take real hold, it's downhill all the way. He blames everyone else - the players, the clubs' management, the lack of funds and whatever else he can think of; the problem is never him.
Since he first became a manager, following a less than brilliant playing career, Mourinho has had a total of 8 managerial posts in 18 years. Yes, he's won numerous trophies but was he really responsible for these triumphs, or was it more to do with previous managers and the desire of players and club management ? At Manchester United, Mourinho has spent a small fortune, bringing in Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez and Fred, for huge fees, and yet the team has 'enjoyed' its worst start to a season for nearly 30 years. Mourinho doesn't develop players, he buys what he sees as talent and then tries to shoe-horn it into his style of play. When this approach doesn't work he simply turns his attention to getting sacked, inevitably with a large pay-off.
Why any team would ever want Mourinho as its manager mystifies me.
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