Owen Said the Reason Why MU’s Performance Declining in Mourinho’s Era

DBasia.news – One of Manchester United’s legends, Michael Owen, tried to give the explanation of the performance of his former club under Jose Mourinho. Owen assumed the performance of Man United wasn’t developing at all since the arrival of Mourinho.

As we know, Mourinho was officially appointed to be the manager of Man United at the beginning of 2016-2017 season. Mourinho was chosen to replace Louis van Gaal’s role who considered failed to revive the achievement of Man United.

Mourinho’s arrival indeed boosted the optimism of Man United’s supporters. Moreover, Mourinho has the reputation as one of the world’s best managers, with no doubt.

 

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But as the time goes, Man United’s performance wasn’t promising. Moreover, in the 2018-2019 season, Man United had the worst start throughout their participation in the EPL. That’s made Owen won’t reluctant to criticize Mourinho’s policy in handling Man United in three recent seasons.

“What’s the difference between Manchester United at the moment and what they’ve been for the last three or four years? They have been bang average. The only thing is, Mourinho has bought more and more players,” Owen said quoted from Talksport, Sunday (30/9).

“He’s bought the best player in the Premier League for the last three or four years in (Alexis) Sanchez. Forget whether he played today or not, he’s been bang average for so many games now for Manchester United,” he added.