The manager needed a big shift out of his players at West Ham but instead they were insipid and carried all the hallmarks of a group breaking ranks
Manchester United’s lamentable submission to West Ham United on Saturday emphasised what we already knew. Jose Mourinho’s problems go far, far deeper than his spat with Paul Pogba.
The sideshow split between player and manager has hogged the headlines of late, but the issues facing Mourinho clearly don’t start and end with the French midfielder, and on the evidence of the 3-1 loss at the London Stadium very few of the United squad are playing for their boss right now.