Jose Mourinho believes struggling Manchester United “will succeed sooner or later” as the Fenerbahce manager prepares to face his former club in the Europa League on Thursday. Erik ten Hag, United’s manager, is under pressure following a disappointing start to the season, which featured draws in their first two European games against Twente and Porto. Mourinho, who has previously managed Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Tottenham, believes United has potential and wants them to succeed. “I’m not playing anything; they have a better team than the results indicate.
“I studied them thoroughly with my team and experts. We watched the entire Premier League, as well as the two matches between Twente and Porto — there is work to be done. “They will succeed, sooner or later. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, I will return to the Premier League and face them.
Mourinho, who headed United from 2016 to 2018, winning the League Cup and Europa League, was asked why his previous team had failed over the last decade. “Honestly, I didn’t lose one minute thinking about it,” he told me. “I’ve wished Manchester United the best since I left.
“I left with an upbeat outlook for the gathering, with a good emotion for the fans and I desire the best and them, so if matters do not pan out so well for them it’s not stuff that makes me cheerful, but at a given time I have no time.” The 61-year-old claimed that during his tenure at Old Trafford, the United administration lacked the patience they were showing Ten Hag.
“What happened for sure, cause it’s extremely impartial, is that that they kept religion with the coach. they trust the instructor, who continues game after month, and that and stability, represents the trust that they are giving him settings to keep expanding his job,” he told ESPN.
Mourinho, who was chosen as Fenerbahce’s new coach in June after being fired by Roma, said United would be at “maximum strength” for the meeting in Istanbul. “One thing are the results that Manchester United are having and another thing is the potential of the team,” he told reporters. “The potential of the team is high.”
He went on to remark, “If I had to name the two most likely winners of the Europa League right now, it would be Manchester United and Tottenham.” “The Premier League is on a different level of quality, intensity, pace, tactical culture, and everything.