#3 Wayne Rooney
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This one is perhaps less of his own doing as it’s quite clear his best days are behind him now, but Rooney has continued to spiral downwards this season, barely figuring as a starting player and only scoring 5 goals in his truncated 31 appearances.
As a Rooney fan, while it was somewhat of a relief that Mourinho didn’t dispose of the faded star as soon as he arrived – clearly he’d learned from his attempts to do the same to Iker Casillas at Real Madrid – there’s no denying that he hasn’t really paid back the faith that Mourinho put in him by keeping him as club captain.
Sure, he’s broken a couple of records this season – he’s now United’s all-time highest goalscorer as well as their highest ever scorer in Europe – but his true powers seem to have all but faded away now as he slowly seems to be transitioning into a player on the periphery.
Will he move to China in the summer? Hopefully not – he still has something to offer to a lower Premier League team – but it seems inconceivable that Mourinho would keep him after this season’s performances.
