Manchester United’s José Mourinho: no longer the bright young iconoclast | Jonathan Wilson
Attacks on his players at both Manchester United and Chelsea exposes Mourinho’s failure to adapt and his loosening grip on his title as the masterIn one respect, of course, José Mourinho is right. Modern football is for ever trying to read too much into too little. One bad week – three poor results – is nothing compared to his previous career. Manchester United supporters, perhaps, will welcome his belligerence in attacking the “football Einsteins” who have “tried to delete 16 years of my career”. After a start to the season in which he has at times seemed slightly cowed, Mourinho has shown that there is fight left in him.Others will wonder, though, whether an edgy 3-1 victory in the EFL...