Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho claims that he was not given what he needed to succeed at Manchester United. Jose Mourinho took charge of the Red Devils in 2016. In his 2.5 years tenure at Old Trafford, he has won EFL League Cup and UEFA Europa League in the 2016-17 season.
In 2017-18, Manchester United finished second in the Premier League table which is their best ever position in the league in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson Era. But Mourinho’s tenure was ended in 2018 after Manchester United’s extremely bad start of the season. He also fell out with players such as Paul Pogba and lost the dressing room.
Since then, Jose Mourinho always showed respect towards Manchester United and their fans. But a tone of grief has always been found while he talks about his journey at Old Trafford.
In a recent interview, the ‘Special One’ said, “In a certain period of my career, with a profile of club I was getting in hands, we didn’t need as much time to reach success.”
“We did it at Porto, Inter, Real [Madrid], Chelsea, both times, we did it without that need of that longevity and also my desire to try different things and my crazy desire to go to many countries, and to try to win it, and try to get different experiences in many different countries, was perfect because was about winning, and goodbye, and let’s try another thing.”
“The first club where I felt I need time and time was not given was at Manchester United because I felt that I left in the middle of the process, but I learn very early to respect decisions, which I did at United.”
“We did what we did, we did what was possible to do, and we move on. I am happy, they are happy, and we have a great relation, which is something I am very proud always to say, when I leave clubs, I keep a very good relationship with everybody, and United is one more example of that.”
Manchester United has not won anything since the Portuguese left. But there is a noticeable growth in the performance of the club in the last two seasons.
