Mourinho has won the European Cup twice along with eight domestic titles with four different clubs in a glittering managerial career so far.
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Retired Dutch global Ronald de Boer believes Mourinho is “similar” to Van Gaal in being a “workaholic” who “prepares perfectly on how to win”.
Scholes, Giggs’ team-mate of 22 years, believes that he should do what is right for himself but admits that it would be said to see his friend end his long association with the club.
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Mourinho also has commercial deals with a number of companies of conflicting interest to United, including auto manufacturer Jaguar, with one of United’s main sponsors being rival Chevrolet. “It has been a pleasure to work with them and it has been particularly rewarding to see so many young players take their chance to break into the first team and excel”, Van Gaal added.
According to Sky sources, there has been no telephone conversation yet between Mourinho and Ryan Giggs, who remains the United assistant manager but will be replaced by Mourinho’s long-term assistant Rui Faria.
Carneiro is claiming constructive dismissal against Chelsea and has a separate personal legal action against Mourinho.
After those three disappointing years at United since Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down, it is absolutely imperative that the new United manager has the experience to steady the ship and putting the club back on an upward curve again.
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Jose Mourinho’s proposed move to Manchester United has reportedly stalled because Chelsea still own the manager’s name as a trademark. I will never say any bad words about somebody for whom I have so much to thank.
“We all thought Van Gaal was a good fit two years ago and it didn’t quite happen for him”.
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“I love Jose Mourinho, but in terms of the type of football he plays I don’t think he is Manchester United”, the Frenchman told the Guardian. I admire him as a coach and, despite a hard season with really much injury misfortune, he still ended it with a good title.
