Mourinho’s biggest job?

As Jose Mourinho’s appointment as Manchester United boss draws near, Adam Bate wonders whether the Portuguese coach has ever taken on anything quite like it. Is this Mourinho’s biggest job yet?

Porto might have been fifth when Jose Mourinho arrived in early 2002 but that was only ever going to be a temporary position for a team that had spent the past two decades in the top two. Every job that he has taken since has been at a team in the top three at the time.

As a result, Mourinho must go back to his Uniao de Leiria days for an appointment he’s accepted at a club in a lower position than that which Manchester United find themselves in right now – out of the Champions League and playing catch up on their rivals.

He’s inheriting a team that’s endured a difficult three years, particularly in front of goal. The 2015/16 campaign was their worst scoring season in Premier League history and that was hardly unfortunate – United ranked in the bottom half for shots and chances created.

So there’s work to do and changes to make. Louis van Gaal bowed out as an FA Cup winner, but it seems inconceivable that Mourinho can use the Dutchman’s Wembley line-up as a template for success. Instead, it serves to highlight the scale of the rebuilding job ahead.

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