Jorge Mendes action of issuing a statement on Jose Mourinho’s Old Trafford tenure has been questioned.
Mendes said his client, Mourinho is happy at Old Trafford and that the club is also satisfied with his stay. However, speaking to the Sunday Supplement, Daily Telegraph’s chief football correspondent Jason Burt has termed the super agent actions as ‘extraordinary’.
“It is extraordinary. For an agent to release a statement like this beggars belief. Why is he speaking on behalf of Manchester United? It is up to them if they want to release a statement about their employee, it is not down to the agent. He can talk on behalf of his client, but don’t bring Manchester United into it and say Manchester United are happy. It is up to them if they want to make a statement. If they don’t want to make a statement then fine.” Burt questioned.
Daily Mirror’s chief sports writer Andy Dunn, on the other hand, said that Mendes actions might have been a response to various media houses that claimed Mauricio Pochetino was being lined up to take charge of Man United.
“The story about Pochettino being lined up as a potential replacement for Mourinho will really annoy him on a personal level. How many times does he refer to coaches who have not won anything? When Mourinho sees the sort of press that Pochettino gets from journalists, it will really wind him up.
“The same as it wound him up when he suggested that journalists all love Arsene Wenger, now Poch has sort of took that role. What winds him up is the championing of other managers, which is why he feels the need to repeat how many trophies he has won.” Dunn said
