Premier League 2018/19: 5 Managers Already Under Huge Pressure

José does not help himself with the way he addresses the media, with a dull, almost bored demeanour when answering questions. Maybe it’s because he believes media events are beneath him or he genuinely would rather focus on the team, but it is starting to hurt his reputation.

Since Paul Pogba’s world record move to United, he has struggled for form and consistency in the Red Devils shirt after being deployed in a deeper set role. It would be easy to say that it is Pogba that hasn’t adapted, but with a World Cup winning performance as one of the stars of the tournament, heads have turned to question whether Mourinho knows how to get the best out of his players.

One of the biggest red flags appeared when United played Liverpool in Ann Arbor, in a preseason friendly in front of over 100,000 American fans. Mourinho, rather than acting as an ambassador to promote football in the USA, instead claimed that the game was a waste of time and the spectators were wasting their money on a match that ‘gave them nothing’.

José claimed as so many of his players were out of action due to exhaustion from the World Cup, that this would be ‘Liverpool vs. United kids’. The average age of the Liverpool team was 24, whereas United's was 25. It appears that Mourinho is losing the fans' trust and backing, and bookies have slashed odds for him to be the first manager to be sacked in 18/19, surprisingly lower than the likes of Claude Puel of Leicester City and Javi Gracia at Watford. Mourinho is clearly unsettled in the Theatre Of Dreams.

Mourinho left Real Madrid by mutual consent (in other words sacked) in his third season. Mourinho left Chelsea for a second time by mutual consent, in his third season. Now entering his third season at Manchester United, the odds don’t look very good.