You are right that the problem is bigger than Mou. Although he is a huge problem. The problem is there is no overarching strategy. We continue to hire coaches who have antithetical styles to their predecessor, this rendering half the squad useless for the new tactical system.
In terms of giving Jose the signings he wants, we also have to acknowledge that we don’t know who he asked for, and what the cost would’ve been to the club. The club is going to be here long after Mourinho, and the board have to be stewards of its financial and sporting sustainability. If there are instances where they have failed to land his targets, it’s likely because the players were prohibitively expensive. Mourinho doesn’t care, he just wants to win for himself and damn the consequences down the line. But it would be nuts for the club to spend 50-80M (each) on 30 year old wingers like Perisic and Willian.
One also has to look at what he has done with the players he has bought. Mkhitaryan....already sacked him off. Lindelof, deemed not good enough. Bailly, jury is still out. That’s 60m on 2 centerbacks, and apparently we need at least one more. Now at 50m. Then let’s look at Pogba, a 90m player, who loves the club, has just shown for his country what a fantastic player he is; and Mou doesn’t have a clue how to get the best out of him. And has seemingly alienated him.
The club has backed him big time. Pogba, Sanchez, Lukaku, Matic....all MASSIVE transfers. And he’s still failed to build a team that can actually string more than 3 attacking passes together.
Any of our other top six rival coaches, would have put together a much better team with these players at their disposal.
yes!