The executive vice-chairman is complicit in the crisis at Old Trafford and must make the appointment of a Football Director his first priority
The deed has been done. Manchester United have sacked Jose Mourinho, bringing to an end the two-and-a-half-year reign of the Portuguese at Old Trafford. Now the real overhaul should begin.
If returning Manchester United to the top of the world game was a 12-step program, the dismissal of Mourinho would be step one rather than 11 or 12.
His toxicity on the training ground and downright disregard for the desire of the fans to see attractive, attacking football were always going to bring about his demise sooner or later, and his sacking will leave the club on more even ground going forward.