“He is not my cup of tea”, Keane said.
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United backed Van Gaal with more than $350 million in the last two offseasons – money that was largely wasted by the Dutchman.
With Mourinho being taken on a tour of United’s training base, it could have been an awkward moment when he met Charlton, but the 53-year-old Portuguese was keen to bury the hatchet.
The former Real Madrid boss has won three Premier League titles- all with Chelsea but his departures in 2007 and 2015 have both been shrouded in disappointment.
“I know what they can give me and also I think they know what I can give them”. I want to be one of the best players at Euro 2016 and I hope we can get to the semi-finals or the final with the team.
“The weather is slightly different maybe… but it’s a fantastic place to be and I’m sure he’ll settle in well with the likes of Ryan Giggs – hopefully he’ll stay and support him as well”.
After three days of talks, Mourinho agreed a three-year contract on a bumper salary reportedly worth more than Dollars 20 million a year. Some members of the United board were initially very suspicious of hiring Jose Mourinho, and he’s certainly given them lots of reason to be wary. “His track record of success is ideal to take the club forward”.
“Mourinho is a really good coach, but that’s as far as I would go really”, United great Bobby Charlton, who is also a director and ambassador at the club, said in 2012. “It is a club known and admired throughout the world”. “One perspective is the past three years and the other is the club history”.
“It’s brilliant for the Premier League that Jose is back”.
United’s glory years under Sir Alex Ferguson saw them play some scintillating football, all while claiming a number of trophies along the way.
United missed out on Champions League qualification for the second time in the last three seasons after they finished fifth in the table.
Mourinho, who has won the Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan, will lead United in the Europa League next season.
José Mourinho’s statement reads: “To become Manchester United manager is a special honour in the game”.
But other former players, including goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel and former captain Steve Bruce, believe he will revive the fortunes of the Old Trafford team.
The 34-year-old’s contract is set to expire this summer but he is hopeful he will figure in Mourinho’s plans for the future and believes, despite that reservation in some quarters, that the Portuguese is a “good fit” for the club.
“Even if it is not this one, I have said to him he’s got such a big future ahead of him, such a long career that nearly anything he gets now is a bonus for him, it’s not what he expected, so we’ll see how it goes”. That’s the ability he has.
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