The bolded is absurd. No sane business allows an employee to continually make mistakes without repercussions. This "He should have been fully backed" nonsense needs to stop. I know I sound like a broken record but he failed his own targets. His own. Why should he be rewarded for failure?
But it's not like Mourinho is a total failure, isn't it? He won the Europa League, won the League Cup and get to the final of the FA Cup, as well as finish 2nd in the league. In his 2 full seasons at United, he takes us to the CL every year. Now, how many years until we can get to the CL again?
His signing is not all bad, and the result did show that. And even after sacking him we end up with a defender pair of Maguire (while paying more than the initial asked value) - Lindeloff anyway.
I also don't understand how buying new players is a way of "rewarding" to Mourinho. He wanted new players like Maguire simply because they will improve Manchester United. If anything, not buying new players is a way of "rewarding" to the Glazer and Woodward who can take more money into their own pockets.
I never understand the argument about his spending. Sure he spent $999999999999 but 1/Guardiola spent a similar amount while having much stronger squad 2/He finished 2nd and want to aim for 1st, and for that, $$$ is needed 3/We are the richest club in the world and we can afford Maguire easily 4/I would like the money to be used on improving Manchester United instead of going into the Glazer's pocket.
Regarding the "No sane business allows an employee to continually make mistakes without repercussions" - please take a look at Manchester United and Ed Woodward.
This. We brought him in to win, he failed and ultimately he left the club and the squad in a much worse state than the one he took over. No doubt hes a fantastic coach, his trophy haul speaks for itself, but hes not one for the long term.
No doubt he had to contend with useless Ed and a mediocre squad, but if he had handled it like an adult instead of going into full meltdown, who knows what could have happened?
Agreed. I am a big Mourinho fan but I have to admit that his sacking is justified. I wish he would still try hard in his third year but it just didn't happen...
I am still 100% Ole in but Mourinho will always remain a "what could have been" situation for me.