Jose Mourinho has revealed that he expects Manchester United to return to their best level under Erik ten Hag, despite how he ended his time at a club.
United officially introduced Ten Hag as their new coach on Monday, but the Dutchman saw first-hand the scale of the task after seeing his new team fall to a new defeat on the final day of the season. the Crystal Palace. The defeat was a fitting end to the club’s worst Premier League campaign, as they only managed to score a meager 58 points.
Ten Hag is the third permanent coach in less than four years after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mourinho, who was sacked in late 2018 with deteriorating results and the atmosphere around the club became toxic. A few months later, the Portuguese said goodbye, claiming that finishing second to United was one of the best successes of his career, as “people don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes”.
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Mourinho has maintained this view, but hopes that the mentality and organization of the club will finally change in order for Ten Hag to be a success.
“Of course, my English connection is Chelsea, that’s how he sees me, as a Chelsea man. Two periods at Chelsea, six years,” he told BT Sport. “But at Man United, the fans are special. There are a lot of good people inside the club, it’s not that I’m happy to be right.
“I’m not happy to be right, I’d like to be wrong. But I knew I was right. The first thing you have to change when things go wrong is mentality and organization. And it wasn’t like that.
“I knew leaving would not solve the situation. I knew, unfortunately. I wish them all the best, I sincerely wish them all the best and I hope they succeed.”
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