5 ways Jose Mourinho could save his job

The international break has come at the right moment for Manchester United. The fans left Old Trafford this weekend with a comeback win, hoping that more wins will come. The players can now have a breather from the constant pressure of playing for The Red Devils, and relax a bit more in their national colors, but one person who will have to work hard is Jose Mourinho.

He needs his fortune to change for the good, or else he will run the risk of being sacked. Here are the things he needs to work on to save his job.

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#1 Stop criticising players publicly

He needs to rally his team instead

For someone who is vastly experienced, Mourinho's continuous criticism of his own players is classless. With the results not going well, the one thing he needs to do is rally his team, not throw them under the bus.

He needs to motivate and back young players like Rashford and McTominay, instead of criticising them for being boys who cannot handle pressure.

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#2 Stop reacting to what the press and critics say

Mourinho needs to react less or altogether stop going to press conferences

Mourinho should know by now that the press is not there for the coaching tactics, but for the drama. They are paid for reporting sensational news and will ask any question to pry out what they want. Same goes to critics who make a living finding faults.

While all this is part and parcel of the game, reacting badly to it every time is a recipe for disaster. Mourinho needs to react less or altogether stop going to press conferences. It is normal nowadays in sports for managers to ban players from logging on to social media, maybe Mourinho needs to take a break from it as well.

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#3 Stop picking fights with Pogba or any other player

Pogba is one of the most marketable athletes in the world

This has to be on the list. While both are at fault for the saga, Mourinho is the more experienced one here and needs to ignore his star man. Pogba is egoistic, and the World Cup win just added to his flamboyance.

Mourinho needs to understand that when the time comes, the board is not going to sell Pogba. He is one of the most marketable athletes in the world and losing him means losing a lot of money. Manchester United will much more readily dismiss Mourinho than sell Pogba.

#4 Stop changing the back-line

He needs to field a back-line and give them time

Mourinho is someone who is known for his tight and defensive setups. Therefore it comes as a surprise that the weakest part of this Man Utd team is the defense. Time and again De Gea has saved his defensive counterparts, but he is also now used to seeing a different back-line in front of him each and every game.

The Portuguese manager should stop bemoaning the lack of transfer activity, and work with what he has at the moment. He needs to field a back-line and give them time to regain their form.

Selecting them for a match and then axing them for the next will not bring stability. Many fans and pundits criticise Mourinho for being boring, but Mourinho has always set up his teams this way. The only difference is that his former back-lines were the best in the world.

#5 Get the mojo back, be The Special One again

The Special One

We all need to remember that this manager has lifted the Champions League twice, and won numerous titles. Although he distastefully reminds us time and time again of this fact, the world did agree with him once.

He won titles with Chelsea, then went to Inter Milan and beat Barcelona on the way to a treble. Real Madrid brought him to the club not as a manager, but more as a Galactico. Such was his respect and power.

Mourinho may need to look at himself in the mirror and see what he is becoming. It has been a spectacular fall from grace for one of the best coaches of this century. He needs to get his head down and let what happens on the pitch do the talking. And hopefully for him, the talking will be positive. Or else he will risk turning from the Special One to Some One.