D Reilly

Jose Mourinho’s sacking will be a relief for the Special One

They say it’s not what you do or say that people remember you for, but how you make them feel. Jose Mourinho has spent the last few years, lately as manager of Manchester United but before that at Chelsea and Real Madrid, making everybody feel awful. Now, once again, he’s paid the price. Petulant, sulky, seemingly at all times very angry with everything and everyone, United under him seemed hell-bent not just on negating the human spirit, but also crushing it. They were boring to watch, disdainful of flare and, worst of all for this most romantic of clubs, utterly pragmatic (and not even very good at that).

At the start of his career, Mourinho’s approach worked well. Distracted by the one-man firework show he provided on the sidelines or in the media, no one noticed how dull the football his teams played was.

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