5 reasons why Real Madrid must not hire Jose Mourinho as their next manager

#2 His outdated style of management

Mourinho and Pogba clashed at Manchester United

Jose Mourinho has struggled to come to terms with the harsh realities of managing a modern day professional footballer. This is understandable as the 54-year-old began his managerial career in an era when the manager had the utmost authority at a football club.

However, modern-day football operates on a much different scale. The footballers have much more visibility than their managers. Jose Mourinho once moaned about having to coach 'grown kids' these days and how players like John Terry and Frank Lampard were already men at the age of 22.

However, a key point to note is that Terry and Lampard played in much different worlds to those of the current footballer. There was no social media back then nor was there as much coverage of football as there is now.

Social media has changed virtually all aspects of our lives, from the way we act and interact with one another to the way we think and live and this is no different with professional footballers, as social media sites have helped turn footballers into cult celebrities, followed by teeming fans running into their millions around the world.

The result of this is that the average footballer today requires a much different management style to that which was obtainable back in the day and this is something Jose has failed to fully understand.

Mourinho's strongest point back in his heyday was his uncanny ability to forge a unifying bond with his players, with stars he coached at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan still holding him in high reverence till this day.

That has not been the case at his most recent jobs. Real Madrid's squad is littered with world class players who have won it all and have some of the biggest egos in the world. As such, judging from Mourinho's long record of falling out with players, it is highly possible that it could happen once again at the Bernabeu.