Jose Mourinho's bid to run Manchester United as his 'personal fiefdom' is doomed to failure, according to one of his predecessors in the Old Trafford hotseat.
Ron Atkinson, who held the top job at United for five years in the 1980s, believes Mourinho's antagonistic approach to management and reliance on a siege mentality cannot work at the country's biggest football club.
United go to Northampton in the EFL Cup on Wednesday desperately seeking redemption after three defeats in a row - against Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford - and Atkinson believes a turnaround of fortunes relies on the Portuguese changing his ways.