The Frenchman is foundering at Old Trafford and his situation will not improve under a coach with a dismal record of improving young players
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has been a specialist in 'alternative facts' for a lot longer than Donald Trump and Kellyanne Conway. The Portuguese marked his Old Trafford inauguration by claiming to have brought through 55 academy players since taking his first job as a senior coach in 2000, with Benfica.
That the figure was massaged was unsurprising (the real number was closer to 36). What was shocking, though, was that Mourinho had claimed to have launched the careers of players such as Arjen Robben, Raphael and Casemiro, all of whom had made their professional debuts elsewhere.