Ekun Samuel, 19 September 2016
Manchester United has experienced second straight loss in the League as they lose away to Watford and their third loss in a row. Something that will obviously leave Mourinho a Deja vu of his last spell at Chelsea.
The recent defeats faced by United could seems Jose Mourinho could be living in the dark of his final season disastrous season at Stamford Bridge. His relationship with the players diminish after he accused Eden Hazard at the start of the season of being miopic after the first draw of their opening match last season.
Jose Mourinho is been known not to be patient with players especially the young talented ones. He was quoted last season by saying; " Managers and players says they should be given five to ten games to prove themselve. If they are ready they only need five to ten minutes to prove themselves on the pitch."
It sounds mean and lack of belief and patience in the prospect of long term goals and plans. Jose has proven not to have a long term plan for players as he was witnessed sending out young talents out on loan players and most cases selling them.
The player he sold that has caught the eye of many is Man city's Kevin De Bruyne. The player was sold by Jose to Wolfburg for £18m January 2014 and went on to become German Footballer Of The Year the following season. Jose while stating the player lack of commitment and less physicality to the game, led to his sales.
Mourinho claims that he told the board he wanted to keep him and did not want to sell him, but the lad himself had decided he needed to play and that he wanted to go. He made it clear there was no stopping him.
After a glamorous season at Wolfburg, Mancity brought him back for a club record fee of £54.5m in the summer of 2015. Which he waste no time adapting, and despite the niggling injuries last season, De Bruyne scored 16 goals in all competitions for City. The 25-year-old has scored two league goals and grabbed three assists playing in a central role under Guardiola, as his performance has helped City sit top of the League table. And Pep Guardiola has been full of praise for the young Belgian and has rated him as being on a level only behind Lionel Messi after he starred scoring in Saturday's 4-0 win over Bournemouth, that has taken all the headlines so far this term.
The searchlight has been beemed to Jose Mourinho and Chelsea who sold the player, refusing the give him a chance to play as he made just eight appearances for Chelsea in all competitions in his two seasons at the club most coming from the bench.
Oliver Kay according to Sunday supplement panel speaking to SkySport, has labeled it "embarrassing and nightmare for both Chelsea and Jose Mourinho."
And the Daily Telegraph's Matt Law thinks De Bruyne's Chelsea departure shows some of the flaws in Mourinho's management style.
"It's an embarrassing situation for Chelsea but I think it does lay at Mourinho's door. It shows his flaw with young players and managing situations in that he couldn't manage the situation to a point where he could show De Bruyne that there could be a place for him in that team.
Law added: "If you think as well, Mourinho was hailed at the time for that bit of business by some of us because he got rid of De Bruyne and with that money he brought in Nemanja Matic and the next season they won the league. That was seen as a key deal that one player out to get Matic in but long term it's an absolute disaster.
"It must be awful for them watching what he's doing now and I just can't ever seeing Mourinho trusting to play a player like De Bruyne in the centre. He would now that he's proven but I don't think he would ever have trusted him as a kid to play in the centre in the role he really wanted to."
"It is embarrassing," Kay said. "It's embarrassing for Mourinho, it's embarrassing for Chelsea. I suppose if he was at any other club Chelsea could think of buying him back for three times more than they sold him for and do their usual buy-back policy. It's an uncomfortable situation for the club."
