4 reasons why the current Man United crisis is not Mourinho's fault.

#1 Let down by his big players

Stories of Mourinho and Pogba not getting along have no doubt created a divide at the club.

Mourinho has acquired an infamous reputation of publicly taking names of his players who he doesn't bode well with. Although he has a good reputation with many of his squad, rumors of players turning on him have stayed at nearly every team that he has managed.

While at Man United, Mourinho might just have a reason to not be happy with his players especially the big names that came in and didn't perform anywhere near expectations. The first one to irk him was Henrikh Mkhitaryan. The Armenian was found painfully underprepared for the physicality of the league when he first came to the club. His best performances came only in the Europa league before he was offloaded.

Another player who came in with a lot of expectations but is yet to settle into the Premier League is Victor Lindelof. Eric Bailly has also declined after a promising start to the club, which has left Mourinho short of reliable defensive options this year.

In attack, Martial has not been consistent enough to warrant appreciation. Same is the case with Alexis Sanchez, who has looked a shadow of his former self upon arriving from Arsenal.

The biggest problem, however, has been with United's record signing Paul Pogba, who is yet to be a consistent performer at the club. Even though his quality is there for all to see and a some of his performances have been on another level but is yet to do it on a regular basis to lead the team like he was supposed to.

Not even counting the reported off-field problems between the two, it would have served Mourinho so much better had his midfield superstar perhaps had lived up to his billing as Zlatan and Matic did so effortlessly. He perhaps has been United's best player this season after Luke Shaw, but it may just be too late for Mourinho to turn things around now.

As Gary Neville stated emotionally this week, that the Portuguese looks tired and beaten. His stint would probably be remembered as a failure and perhaps, most of it was not even his fault.