The Portuguese's sacking as Manchester United boss comes as no surprise and no elite club will be interested in a coach who has failed to evolve
Just over a decade ago, Jose Mourinho took a Chelsea side to Anfield for a Champions League semi-final clash with Rafa Benitez's Liverpool.
That the game was high on tension but low on quality appeared to bother only the much-maligned purists, chief among them, Jorge Valdano, who famously labelled the contest "sh*t hanging on a stick".
"If football is going the way Chelsea and Liverpool are taking it, we had better be ready to wave goodbye to any expression of the cleverness and talent we have enjoyed for a century," the Argentine warned.