The incoming head coach at Old Trafford only has to look at past decade to see direction of club that has lurched from one manager to another
At two and a half years, Rúben Amorim’s contract as Manchester United’s manager is no resounding this-is-our-man-for-the-long-term deal from Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s football department.
What we see, too, is how the mantra repeated by the club that all would be given time to right the listing ship evaporated once the maelstrom of poor results hit. Ten Hag said: “There’s almost no club in the world where expectations are so high and that’s set from the era of Sir Alex and the rest of us have to deal with this. Demands the highest in every process and we’re not there in every process. We so far haven’t got to challenge for the Premier League or Champions League but that’s the ambition.”
Mourinho was removed 48 hours after the dire 3-1 loss at Liverpool in December 2018 amid a turf war ignited by the club’s refusal to purchase Harry Maguire that summer. And, hisoutburst to a question from this correspondent after a 3-0 home reverse to Tottenham four months before his removal was the moment the fans lost faith and seasoned United watchers started to wonder at the “Special One’s” longevity.
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