José Mourinho (Manchester United)
On the 27th of May, Manchester United, the club with the largest fan base in the world, appointed Jose ‘The Special One’ Mourinho as the head coach of the celebrated football club. Mourinho is hailed as one of the best tacticians of the game and rightly so. He has a win ratio of 65.5 % in 765 games as a manager.
A total silverware count of 30 trophies to his name and an average of 2.16 points per game add to his credentials, making him one of the most successful managers in the history of football.
With the likes of Martial, Memphis and Rashford, Mourinho might try to build a team similar to the one he had in Inter Milan with a 4-2-3-1 formation, which has always been his preferred formation. In Rooney, Mourinho has got the perfect player to switch between the role of an attacking midfielder and a striker alongside recently acquired Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Mourinho takes an interest in player positioning and movement both on and off the ball. His team’s quick in-game reactions pose a huge threat to the opposition as very few can read the game quicker than Mourinho. He incorporates cunningly-crafted offensive gameplay in his methods, laying special stress on counter-attacking football.
Mourinho might just prove to be the perfect manager to bring the Red Devils back on track after their poor run of form in past seasons. His attacking style of play may just be the very change which has to be implemented in United’s game-play and that just might make the difference this season.
Eric Bailly(Villareal), Henrikh Mkhitaryan(Borussia Dortmund) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic(PSG) are the three key players Mourinho has signed since taking over from Louis Van Gaal this summer.
