Jose
Mourinho has reportedly signed a pre-contract agreement with Manchester United
and will take over from current Old Trafford manager Louis van Gaal in the
summer.
According
to Wayne Veysey of Football Insider, the Portuguese has sealed a three-year
deal with the Red Devils worth £48 million, equivalent to £308,000-a-week.
The
report added that, despite increasing calls for Van Gaal to be sacked
immediately, Mourinho, 53, will not take over until the end of the 2015-16
season.
The
former Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid boss has been continually linked
with the United job as their season has unravelled, and Bleacher Report's Dean
Jones believes he could be a big help at Old Trafford:
The
Van Gaal experiment does not seem to have worked, and reached a new low on
Thursday night when United were downed 2-1 by FC Midtjylland in their Europa
League last-32 first leg.
Per
Veysey, it was defeats such as to the Danish minnows that persuaded the club's
hierarchy—including those with reservations over Mourinho's conduct, profile
and style—to seal the deal with the two-time Champions League winner.
But,
in truth, Van Gaal has been flattering to deceive almost since he arrived in
Manchester.
He
returned United to the Premier League's top four last term, but they were
knocked out of the 2015-16 Champions League at the group stages and have little
chance of qualifying for next season's tournament.
Even
the Manchester Evening News, has now turned against the Dutchman, via the
Associated Press' Rob Harris:
Mourinho
has a proven track record in the Premier League having won it three times with
Chelsea.
He may
not be able to reintroduce the swashbuckling attacking style that was the
club's trademark under Sir Alex Ferguson—that is not Mourinho's style—but he
should engineer an upturn in results ay United.
Van
Gaal has managed a period of stagnation at Old Trafford and his chances of
seeing out his contract until the end of the 2016-17 season now look very slim
indeed.
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