‘The moment we knew Mourinho was ‘finished’

Gary Neville has pinpointed the moment he knew Jose Mourinho would leave Manchester United sooner or later.

The Portuguese coach was sacked by the Red Devils on Tuesday morning following a run of two wins in eight matches in all competitions – with their 3-1 loss to arch-rivals Liverpool proving to be the final straw.

And Neville thinks that the writing was on the wall for Mourinho as soon as the club’s hierarchy decided they wouldn’t fully back him in the transfer market.

“The moment earlier on in the season where it was clear the board decided that they didn’t want to back a couple of Jose Mourinho’s signings, at that point you are finished as a manager,” Neville told Sky Sports.

“In the summer the club wanted to sign one or two centre-backs. Those centre-backs were identified and the club obviously have the ability and the right to say no to those signings if they don’t feel it’s right, but you have to understand the consequence.

“That once you undermine a manager or don’t agree with his signings and you’re going against them – maybe for the right reasons from a club point of view – but if you’re a manager, particularly of the sort of stature of José Mourinho, you’re on a collision course.

“What we’ve seen over the last three or four months is it play out in public.”

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