#2 Jose Mourinho
The bosses of England’s other top clubs – Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte, Mauricio Pochettino, Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klopp – all look relatively safe now. And you could perhaps argue the same for Mourinho at Manchester United. But look slightly below the surface and the legendary Portuguese boss probably isn’t on as solid ground as you’d suspect.
It’s a fact that since his run at Porto in the early 00s, the appointment of Mourinho has essentially guaranteed a club success. He led Porto to the Champions League, won two Premier League titles with Chelsea, two Serie A titles and the Champions League with Inter Milan, La Liga with Real Madrid, and another Premier League with Chelsea. And admittedly, his first season at Old Trafford saw him claim two trophies, albeit lesser ones in the Football League Cup and the Europa League.
In the Premier League though, Mourinho largely failed. Despite spending a tremendous amount of money to bring Eric Bailly, Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the club, he could only lead United to a 6th place finish – their lowest since the David Moyes season.
Much was made of a 25-game unbeaten run in the league, but that run also saw 12 draws, including four 0-0s. With less-than-entertaining football for most of the season, it really wasn’t good enough for Manchester United.
This summer is likely to see Mourinho spend more untold riches on new players and so if he can’t deliver the sort of success that United expect this time around – the Premier League title basically – it could be curtains for him, especially if he gets a poor start.
