Wasn’t he failed by the people above him? I never said he didn’t fail us, the fans, he did with many mistakes.
You're painting an interesting narrative where Mourinho failing was a result of him being failed by someone else....
In terms of Mourinho being failed by the people above him, it's a bold claim. We spent the odd £370mill in transfer fees alone, not to mention the expensive free transfers of Zlatan and Sanchez, in order to bring in the players he wanted. £100 of those £370mill were on defenders. He started focusing more and more on the players he didn't get, instead of the players he actually signed, like complaining during the world cup about our failed attempt at signing Perisic the year before. Not signing every player, while splashing fortunes, isn't the same as failing the manager. No manager gets every single player they want at the exact moment they want them.
It's hardly a surprise that the board had reservations towards the end about how far Mourinho should be backed. Mkhi, a £30mill signing which he had to get, was no longer wanted after 1,5 season at the club, being replaced by an insanely expensive Sanchez who went on to fill a position we already had two players competing in (and both were doing quite well). Lindelof and Bailly, signed for a total of £60mill, were suddenly no longer good enough, wanting to sign a defender quoted at around £75mill (who was signed for 1/5th of that, less than Lindelof the season we signed him), and we got rid of Daley Blind as he was no longer wanted and he was suddenly performing very well for a strong Ajax side, Depay ? Not to mention that we were set to lose talented players for nothing at all while the desire was to replace them with the likes of Willian.