Paul Ince: Why Mourinho Should Be Sacked

Man United manager Jose Mourinho has had a rough start to season

Since the season began a storm was quietly brewing for Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho as he cut a rather unhappy figure during the Red Devils' preseason tour in the United States.

Ever since then it seems Mourinho has been playing on defence as United have made a poor start to the season and are currently nine points off the top spot.

Most recently United have had to make comebacks in back to back matches first pulling off a victory in a 3-2 win at Newcastle and drew with Chelsea in one of their best performances in a 2-2 draw.

That ended though as they suffered a 1-0 loss against Italian champions Juventus on Tuesday.

This has brought about concerns that Manchester United are not where they should be considering that Mourinho is into his third season, and also because of the large sums invested into the squad there are still yet more questions than answers about Mourinho's team.

This was a point raised by former Manchester United star Paul Ince. Speaking to Paddy Power news the United legend said that the time for excuses was now over and done with for Mourinho.

"We're three seasons into Mourinho's reign now.There are no more excuses", Ince said.

“He's spent a lot of money, if I was managing a team and they’d given me three years, and it was clear we weren’t up to standard, I’d expect to lose my job."

Despite spending more than any other United manager money proved to be the heart of the Portuguese's discontent during preseason as even though United made one major signing with midfielder Fred Mourinho didn't feel it was enough.

"It looks to me like Jose Mourinho is stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea. Realistically, he wants to play defensively and nick a one nil win, but he knows that the fans and players at United won’t accept that. And they’re right not to.

“They’re not even showing signs of improvement. In fact, they’re going backwards. He bought Fred who can’t get a game, and the same goes for Alexis Sanchez. He’s disappeared! His career has gone backwards."

There's also a sense that United have been playing within themselves as they've started games on the defensive as we've seen in the past few games which is against how the team plays with regards with the personnel they have.

"Mourinho is too focused on what the opposition are doing. Focus on your own team, instead. Your players look completely scared, they have no confidence at all.

“The sad fact is United have no presence any more. Liverpool do, Man City clearly do, even Chelsea in such a short time are showing what they’re made of. Why after three years are Manchester United still trying to find a winning formula under Mourinho?”