"Jose hasn’t helped himself."
The last Manchester United manager’s epitaph was uttered before his final season began in the United States. During an exchange with a reporter in July, a senior staff member reflected the club‘s view of Mourinho’s narked behaviour in a turbulent pre-season tour which was the precursor to another bout of third season syndrome.
A United player remarked the manager was 'in such a bad mood' at the UCLA campus and the tension was palpable when a staff member rebuked a photographer for innocuously treading onto the Drake Stadium pitch United were training on. A time-served observer noted: "It's like a dysfunctional family."
