Man Utd News: Jose Mourinho blasts previous regimes for team problems
JOSE MOURINHO has hit out at former Manchester United managers Louis van Gaal and David Moyes over their stints at the club, claiming the team hasn’t evolved since Sir Alex Ferguson left.
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says there was a lack of evolution in the side
Manchester United boss Mourinho has seen an upturn in fortunates at United after three years of difficulties at Old Trafford.
He won the League Cup and Europa League in his first season in charge, which secured United qualification to the Champions League.
Between them, Moyes and Van Gaal spent £240m net on new players but both were sacked for under performing.
And Mourinho has criticised their reigns in an interview with the Sunday Times.
“There was an evolution in the other clubs. There was no evolution in this club,” Mourinho said.
“In all the areas that make a team successful I think we stopped in time.”
He added: “When I say ‘the club’, I say the football team and what surrounds the football team was in trouble, big trouble.
“Not the club at all. Because the club is much more than results — it’s the fanbase.
“It’s the passion around the world, it’s the business, it’s the commercial, it’s the merchandising.
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“And a club like Manchester United as a club can be one, two, three, four, five, ten years without winning.
“Manchester United will always be Manchester United and as a club will never be in trouble.
“The football team I think clearly there was an evolution in other clubs, and that was quite an empty period in this club with no evolution in areas that are important for the football team.
“And that was the first step to try to bring the football team in the right direction.”
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