Manchester United have sacked José Mourinho following Sunday’s defeat at Liverpool, ending a tenure that began in May 2016.
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A poor start to the Premier League season has seen United slip 19 points behind the leaders, Liverpool, and fall off the pace in the hunt for a top-four place. They have won only once in six league matches, drawing during that sequence with struggling Southampton and Crystal Palace.
17/12/2015: José Mourinho is sacked by Chelsea.
18/12/2018: José Mourinho is sacked by Manchester United.
Not the most wonderful time of the year for some. 🎄 pic.twitter.com/OrGBG9Z8Bx
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) December 18, 2018
The club issued a statement on Tuesday morning which read: “Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect.
Paul Pogba when Manchester United announced Jose Mourinho's sacking… 😂 pic.twitter.com/DThZBgsWlV
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) December 18, 2018
“The club would like to thank Jose for his work during his time at Manchester United and to wish him success in the future. A new caretaker manager will be appointed until the end of the current season, while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a new, full-time manager.”
Jurgen Klopp loves to get Jose Mourinho sacked.
• Dortmund 4-1 Madrid (JOSE OUT)
• Liverpool 3-1 Chelsea (JOSE OUT)
• Liverpool 3-1 United (JOSE OUT)
Mr. Jürgen Norber Klopp… pic.twitter.com/SZiIITVlai
— Anfield Effect (@AnfieldEffect) December 18, 2018
Relations between the manager and the executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, also seemed strained after the club did not sign a central defender this summer. The club concluded that of the players in that position targeted by Mourinho whom they could potentially land, none was an upgrade on the existing squad.
A sense of disunity at United was encapsulated when Mourinho stripped Pogba of the vice-captaincy before a Carabao Cup defeat by Derby County and confronted him at training the following morning. The manager has criticised his players’ “mental approach”, attitude and quality.
BRAEKING: Michael Carrick to take interim charge at Manchester United following Jose Mourinho sacking https://t.co/M2NjfWB8em pic.twitter.com/ffbaYeWGc3
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) December 18, 2018
Mourinho has seemed less than happy since the buildup to the season, when he described preparations as “very bad” because many of his senior players were resting after the World Cup.
The manager demanded “respect, respect, respect” for his three Premier League titles following United’s 3-0 home defeat by Tottenham in late August but will not get a chance to add a fourth at Old Trafford.
83 – Manchester City (234) have scored 83 goals more than Manchester United (151) in the Premier League (both in 93 games) since the appointments of Jose Mourinho as United boss & Pep Guardiola as City manager. Difference. pic.twitter.com/hbtXsbHsOz
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 18, 2018
Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Manchester United following their disappointing start to the season.
The Red Devils currently sit sixth in the Premier League table but have already lost five times in 17 matches, leaving them 19 points behind leaders Liverpool and 11 off fourth-placed Chelsea in the fight for Champions League places.
Man United sack Jose Mourinho…
Only one man for the job surely 😉
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) December 18, 2018
That follows a summer transfer window in which Mourinho routinely complained at a lack of signings, with the Portuguese unable to persuade the club’s hierarchy to sign a new centre-back.
Mourinho has continued to drop hints that he remains unhappy at that failure to spend big, and he now leaves after two-and-a-half years in charge at Old Trafford, with his final match in charge Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to arch-rivals Liverpool.
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“Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect,” a statement read.
Paul Pogba sends a heartfelt goodbye to Jose Mourinho pic.twitter.com/720Y0CjclG
— NOW TV Sport (@NOWTVSport) December 18, 2018