José Mourinho has said he told Manchester United that they couldn’t succeed with some of the players and staff that remain at the club during his tenure there.
Mourinho managed United from 2016 to 2018, winning the Europa League and Carabao Cup in his first season and finishing second to Manchester City in 2017-18. He has been coach of Roma since the start of the 2021-22 season.
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“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. And they are still there,” Mourinho told John Obi Mikel’s Obi One podcast.
Mourinho also said a player’s reaction at United to being substituted made him realise he had to adapt his managerial style.
