Jose Mourinho should never have been the manager of Manchester United, says Jack Pitt-Brooke | Football News

"United plays so well now and Pogba, Martial and Rashford are so good that it proves that Mourinho should never have been named."

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Jose Mourinho was the bad manager for Manchester United in 2016, said Jack Pitt-Brooke at the Sunday Supplement, but Neil Custis was not in agreement.

Jose Mourinho should never have been named director of Manchester United, said Jack Pitt-Brooke, although his colleague, Neil Custis, a member of the Sunday Supplement, does not agree.

The Portuguese coach left Old Trafford in December after two and a half years of turbulence and was replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has not yet lost his match.

Players such as Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial seem revitalized under Norwegian rule, and The independents Pitt-Brooke thinks this shows how much Mourinho is cheated on for Man Utd.

"The success of Solskjaer in recent weeks is a repudiation not only of Jose this season, which was obviously a season of Mourinho as Antonio Conte would have called, but also of the first two seasons," he said. declared. Sunday supplement.

"United plays so well now and Pogba, Martial and Rashford are so good that it proves that Mourinho should never have been named.

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"When you build a team with some of the most talented players in Europe, naming someone who does not really have an interest in getting the most out of it is a bit of a betrayal for those players and they would have always been better In 2016, we had a better director who wanted to make the most of it.

"It has ruined the potential of his players so much that winning the Europa League or League Cup game does not make up for anything, and the disadvantages far outweigh the benefits of Jose's two-and-a-half years at United.

"It's hard to think that in 2016, someone who would be better off to take advantage of Pogba, Martial and Rashford would be in a much better place."

"United plays so well now and Pogba, Martial and Rashford are so good that it proves that Mourinho should never have been named."

Jack Pitt-Brooke on Mourinho at Man Utd

The telegraph The chief football correspondent, Jason Burt, also agreed, adding, "I think Mourinho had been a bad date, it was the wrong guy and the wrong time to go to this club.

"I think the appointment was tainted by terrible mistakes, I think that Man Utd has lost its identity and identity and is only trying to rediscover it.

"They lost time, I know that they won trophies under Mourinho, but they were knocked down under him, I think, and the money they spent did not." nothing to do with what they did, they finished sixth that year by winning the Europa League, they are now rediscovering what they need and coming back to that. "

Jose Mourinho won two trophies in his first season as Man Utd's manager, including the Europa League.

But it was not a complete agreement across the Sunday supplement Neil Custis noted that Mourinho had achieved the goals set for him when he joined the club.

"I think that he was brought to make Man Utd relevant again to win trophies and climb to the top of the table.He did it in his own way and he reached it." The sun football writer said.

"Yes, it's not as exciting as that [under Solskjaer]I agree with that, but he did some good things in both seasons and that made Man Utd relevant again.

Jose Mourinho still doing good things to Man Utd, says Neil Custis

"Pogba was not so bad under Mourinho during his first season in the Europa League and winning this final.I think a lot of people have based Mourinho's mandate on his last few months, from summer to the appointment of Solskjaer, which is slightly unfair.

"To finish second in this league behind Manchester City, ahead of Liverpool and Tottenham, I think he still deserves a credit."

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