4 reasons why the current Man United crisis is not Mourinho's fault.

#3 His predecessor made a bigger mess than people realise

Van Gaal's time at the club had its own share of drama.

The memory of the Dutch manager Louis Van Gaal has faded a bit in the minds of the Man United faithful. Those who believe that it is bad during Mourinho's times have indeed forgotten how much worse it was during Van Gaal's.

The Dutch tactician created a side akin to his footballing philosophy which put emphasis on keeping possession and limiting the intensity of games. It led to dour matches lacking any real cutting edge where spectators had to wish for an attack to ever be created. Sideways low-intensity passing was the norm, the team rarely put the ball in the box and counter-attacking, which has been in the DNA of the club was rarely ever seen.

Mourinho's though a defence-minded manager, lets his teams be direct and counter-attacking.

But the bigger problem that Van Gaal perhaps created at the club was to spend too much money and getting nothing of it. There were an ample number of big-name players signed during his time, most of whom turned out to be a failure at the club. Players such as Di Maria, who was a then-record signing, Falcao- whose wages alone were worth a big name transfer, Memphis Depay, Schneiderlin, Blind, Darmian were just some of those names.

To have a more in-depth read of the club's transfer failures, read the 5 biggest recent failed transfers at Man United. It perhaps made the board more wary of wasting any more money on players who they thought wouldn't bring any success to the club.

While also failing at the transfer market, Van Gaal also offloaded many of the core Man Utd players who had been at the club for years and had been a part of its success. Players such as Chicarito, Da Silva brothers, Van Persie, Nani, Welbeck, Kagawa were all bitterly shown a way out of the club. It was part of his arrogance, perhaps to stamp his new system, but these players were proven success stories at the club and might still have helped the team if managed correctly.