I think it will be a surprise in the end, ‘ Raiola told Swedish newspaper Expressen.
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‘I think we can look at our club now in two perspectives. There is a mystique and a romance about it which no other club can match.
The Swedish striker is expected to team up with Mourinho at Old Trafford and now the Portuguese boss has been officially confirmed, there’s only one piece of the puzzle left to complete.
United have failed to make European football’s top table in two of the three seasons since Sir Alex Ferguson retired – a period of dissatisfaction Mourinho wants to forget.
“José Mourinho will take over as manager of Manchester United from the 2016/17 season, signing a three-year contract with an option to stay at the club until at least 2020”.
‘I think I prefer to forget the past three years; I prefer to focus on the giant club I have in my hands now.
Speaking on Sky Sports News HQ on Thursday afternoon, Henry said: “Because they haven’t made the top four it will have made it more hard to attract big players but with Mourinho, they can probably now attract the players they want”.
Mourinho’s use of the collective “we” and talk of winning is quite the change to Van Gaal, the man he once assisted at Barcelona. But with that move proving a disaster and Van Gaal faring little better, United’s powerbrokers have made a decision to take a chance on Mourinho, despite his turbulent reputation.
He has won trophies and inspired players in countries across Europe and, of course, he knows the Premier League very well, having won three titles here.
“I am in the right moment in my career”, he said.
“There was empathy, no problems and, in fact, I was pushed by that feeling to say sometimes things that my clubs were not happy with”.
Whether you are a fan of his ways or not, you can not deny that Mourinho is box office and will get United challenging for silverware straight away.
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José is succeeding Louie Van Gaal at Manchester United, who struggled to get the players to produce on the field, and to win over the supports of the club that have come to expect greatness every season.
