{"id":299711,"date":"2023-12-18T13:25:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299711"},"modified":"2023-12-18T13:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:25:22","slug":"mourinho-surprised-man-united-still-have-players-he-warned-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/mourinho-surprised-man-united-still-have-players-he-warned-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourinho surprised Man United still have players he warned about"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Jose Mourinho says Manchester United still have players and staff he warned weren&#8217;t good enough back in 2016&#8230; with FOUR first-teamers remaining in Erik ten Hag&#8217;s squad<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jose Mourinho was Manchester United manager between 2016 and 2018\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He expressed astonishment players he wanted rid of remain at Old Trafford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;There&#8217;s no bigger waste of time!&#8217; What is the point of the Club World Cup? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jose Mourinho has revealed several players and staff he told Manchester United couldn&#8217;t succeed there remain at the club even now.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese was in charge at Old Trafford between the summer of 2016 and December 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He led United to success in the EFL Cup and the UEFA Europa League during his first season, before a second-place Premier League finish behind Manchester City in his second campaign.<\/p>\n<p>But his tenure unravelled in his third season following poor results and a rift with high-profile players including Paul Pogba.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho took aim at United&#8217;s stagnation on and off the pitch by expressing surprise at how little has changed now Erik ten Hag is manager.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083645-12876905-image-a-43_1702902926854.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jose Mourinho has expressed his surprise at the stagnation at Manchester United, saying players and staff he advised they get rid of in 2016 remain at the club even now<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083643-12876905-image-a-50_1702903061018.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United lifted the UEFA Europa League during Mourinho&#8217;s first season in charge in 2016-17<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083811-12876905-image-a-51_1702903111909.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He claimed certain players and personnel he told United to jettison in 2016 remain there now under manager Erik ten Hag<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=DSmbrA9z6zI%3Frel%3D0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are still people in that club, and when I say people I mean some players but also some other people that are not players, that are still there when I told [United] after two months: With these people, you are never going to do it [be successful]. And they are still there,&#8217; he told John Obi Mikel&#8217;s Obi One podcast.<\/p>\n<p>In the playing squad, only Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Scott McTominay remain from Mourinho&#8217;s first season referenced.<\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s unpopular American owners, the Glazer family, remain in situ although petrochemicals billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is poised to take control of football operations after his \u00a31.25billion buy-out of 25 per cent of the club.<\/p>\n<p>United failed to win a single piece of silverware in the six years between 2017 under Mourinho and the Carabao Cup triumph of Ten Hag&#8217;s side earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>They did achieve a second-placed finish under Solskjaer in 2020-21, the same season they lost to Villarreal in the Europa League final.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho also took them to the FA Cup final in 2018 but they lost 1-0 to his old club Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>He did heap praise on outgoing United chief executive Richard Arnold, however, describing him as an &#8216;amazing person&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>United announced Arnold&#8217;s departure in November as part of an expected major reshuffle behind the scenes as Ratcliffe comes in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083835-12876905-image-a-52_1702903164025.jpg\" height=\"406\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mourinho famously never saw eye-to-eye with Luke Shaw but he remains United&#8217;s left-back<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083839-12876905-image-a-53_1702903209960.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Martial was in his second season with United when Mourinho arrived at the club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083897-12876905-image-a-54_1702903272878.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marcus Rashford had only just emerged at United in 2016 and has enjoyed a very good career<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/79083969-12876905-image-a-57_1702903390264.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Glazer family retain control of Manchester United and are increasingly unpopular\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Stewart has taken on the role on an interim basis with one of Ratcliffe&#8217;s key aides, the INEOS Sport chief executive Jean-Claude Blanc, viewed as a potential replacement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They still have a CEO who is an amazing person, who I would love to have had during my time there, that&#8217;s Richard Arnold, who is probably now leaving,&#8217; Mourinho said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had him as a Commercial Director, not a CEO, and I would love to have had him on my side in my time there, but the club wasn&#8217;t easy. I don&#8217;t have regrets because I gave everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Man United fans know I gave everything, they know how much I love the club. I went there once with Sky, I was in the box giving my comments and the whole stadium turned to me applauding and singing for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If that happens when I go to Inter, Real Madrid, Porto or Chelsea you say it&#8217;s because of everything we won.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But when you go to Man United, a club with that history, and they do that for a coach who only won a Europa League, League Cup, Charity Shield and finished second, you arrive at the conclusion that they know I gave everything I could.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/77824031-12876905-Jose_Mourinho_has_labelled_Manchester_United_CEO_Richard_Arnold_-a-55_1702903303825.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jose Mourinho has labelled Manchester United CEO Richard Arnold an &#8216;amazing person&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/12\/77825041-12876905-Arnold_s_exit_comes_with_Sir_Jim_Ratcliffe_poised_to_secure_a_25-a-56_1702903308115.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arnold&#8217;s exit comes with\u00a0Sir Jim Ratcliffe poised to secure a 25 per cent at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12876905\/Jose-Mourinho-says-Manchester-United-players-staff-warned-werent-good-2016-FOUR-teamers-remaining-Erik-ten-Hags-squad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Mourinho says Manchester United still have players and staff he warned weren&#8217;t good enough back in 2016&#8230; 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