Jose Mourinho has reportedly held a meeting with Ed Woodward as the duo try to mastermind Manchester United’s summer transfer plans – with up to 10 stars tipped to leave.
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It had been a painful couple of days.
Manager Jose Mourinho’s angry 12-minute monologue on Friday contained little criticism of his players but he was less forgiving after this display.
At Old Trafford, however, with the Manchester club so far behind their city rivals in the league, an FA Cup triumph would be the only tonic to an underwhelming season. We have to improve every year and I know that a lot of players, a lot of good players, will come in next summer.
Really? Because since then he has done everything possible to blame them for the mess.
Not once during the past week has Mourinho admitted to his own failings.
Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic admits the club needs to be competing for the biggest prizes.
“You have the kid [McTominay] that didn’t play well at all”.
Swansea never got going on a freezing afternoon in south Wales and can now concentrate on trying to preserve their Premier League status. Either way, neither could complain about being on the bench based on form.
Guardian football writer Stuart James added he felt Shaw had become a scapegoat for Mourinho, but that the fallout of the manager’s comments would have a greater effect than exclusively on the defender.
Among other things, he questioned their character and bravery.
“So I am not happy with the performance at all. I couldn’t change them both, I decided Luke because Antonio was at least capable defensively”, Mourinho said post-match.
“When he took Luke Shaw off at half-time, that’s when the alarm bells started to ring”, he said.
According to the BBC report, Shaw is “upset” and “furious” with Mourinho’s latest criticism.
It seems that no matter what Shaw does, his manager will find issue with it.
Luke Shaw still only 22, I’d take him at Everton in a heartbeat.
Numerous outlets on Monday morning bring us news of Shaw’s future, which nearly certainly lies away from Old Trafford.
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For many years, good football has protected Wenger from the sack when results weren’t going his way which, in part, led to Mourinho describing him as a “specialist in failure”. “We are Manchester United”, Lukaku said.
