I wouldn't give that much importance to a loss of confidence tbh.
Mourinho didn't get Pogba, pretty sure Ed did.
But in any case, this is football and the manager is more important than the player, always. Pep offloads Eto, brings Zlatan, Zlatan didn't fit his system and got rid after 1 year. The board supported him. Ferguson fell out with a ton of players, many of whom were better players for United than Pogba could/ would. When the manager is supported, he changes things up when a change needs to be made.
Mourinho is a proven winner and in the same tier as the managers discussed above. But looking at his previous jobs, public falling out with players and not receiving the support of the board is a common theme. One im pretty sure Mourinho joined United for that reason. At real, he wanted Casillas out, Casillas was not out, squad tensions rise and Mourinho gets the sack.
At Chelsea he was not backed in the market after winning the league. Falls out with the players who know he wants them replaced. Tensions rise, results drop, Mourinho gets the sack.
Real and Chelsea tbf are cnut clubs with player power issues, shyte fans and crazy owners. Pretty sure Mourinho came to united with a view that things will be different. Pretty sure it was very surprising. One player was enough to turn the country against him. And a Very overrated one at that
Jose wanted Pogba...BADLY!! He demanded Pogba and talked up his abilities for months.
https://www.skysports.com/football/...ourinho-taunts-rivals-over-paul-pogba-signing
Jose said after the 1st window he got all 4 players he personally wanted, its out there. Feel free to dig out the quotes.
Jose said after the 2nd window he got 3 out of 4 of his targets, the one that got away was Perisic in place of Martial. Was he likely to kick us on to win a title? Hardly!
He wasn't supported in his chase of CB choices, so what?! Fergie missed out on tonnes of players over the years. Didn't get Shearer, Gazza, Le Tissier, Batistuta, Hazard, Lucas Moura, Kompany...still won titles.
Folks keep spinning this narrative that Jose was over ruled on selling players, no he wasn't. He demanded that Fellaini be rewarded with a new deal. So much so, Fellaini went public himself in mocking the club and stating, "Jose made it easy for me getting my new deal". What about keeping Darmian tied to the club when Darmian and his agent both stated they want a return to Italy?
How is it, that LVG can sell whomever he likes from RVP, Evans, Chicca etc etc...But the sales come to a sudden halt when Jose arrives? Ed didn't stop LVG from selling, doubtful he stopped Jose. It was the latter managers choice to basically not raise funds needed to invest in new players just like Pep done at City.
Jose was acting out and engineering his pay off long before fall outs over Center halves anyway.
- What about the Sevilla shit show? His post match press conference where he ridiculed the clubs history and praised his former glories?
- What about public admittance that he couldn't motivate the players 2-3 games on the bounce?
- What about starting the US tour by telling supporters to not attend games?
- What about selling off our best performing Center back in Blind then demanding a new one?
The man is pure poison to football.It's common knowledge Jose caused a lot of friction at those clubs.
He won't get a top job again in the game, a middle of the table club at best I reckon. He thought he would get the Real job I bet and now is stuck doing punditry work.