New Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has expressed a determination to forget about the club’s last three underwhelming years and focus on making what he regularly referred to as a “giant club” become great once more.
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United went for David Moyes, who was sacked after 10 months, then Louis van Gaal, who was dismissed on Monday after two years.
Mourinho has a history of not placing much faith in younger players as he prepares to take over at Old Trafford. “United is one of these clubs you need to be prepared for it because it is what I used to call a giant club and giant clubs must be for the best managers”. One thing I can tell Manchester United fans is that they have got themselves a true victor in all aspects. “I think what the fans are expecting me to say is that I want to win”. “One perspective is the past three years and the other is the club history”.
United announced the long-awaited hiring of Mourinho on a three-year deal, ushering in an exciting era not just for a club that has slumped as a domestic force since Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013 but for the soap opera that is the Premier League.
Jose Mourinho has been backed to come out on top in next season’s battle of the managerial juggernauts in the Premier League.
It is understood United’s most decorated player has an offer to stay on, although it is unclear what that role would be having been assistant to van Gaal. “I remember, for example, when I won at Old Trafford with Real Madrid and I said that the best team lost and not many people were happy at Real Madrid”. There is no confirmation yet on the fate of the rest of his predecessor’s backroom team, but Mourinho is likely to bring in his own staff.
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The footballing world will now wait with baited breath to see what kind of war chest Manchester United provide Mourinho to battle the arrival across town of Pep Guardiola as the two bring their El Classico rivalry to the north west of England.
