6 reasons why Jose Mourinho still faces the Manchester United sack

#5 Third season syndrome

Mourinho's final season at Stamford Bridge was a disaster

It has been said before, and it’s worth saying again, Mourinho’s record in his third season at clubs is poor. He has only won one major honour in his third season with a side, that coming with the FA Cup at Chelsea in 2007.

Since then we have seen him fall out with his players in his third year at Real Madrid, losing his job at the end of the season, and fail to even make it to Christmas in the third season of his second spell at Chelsea, getting the sack with the club 16thin the Premier League.

Manchester United’s board will have had concerns about this before the season got underway because when you employ Mourinho, you know what you’re getting. He pretty much guarantees short-term success, but very little after that. They will take this into account when deciding whether they think Mourinho can turn this around or not, and based on his record, it seems unlikely he can.