{"id":180012,"date":"2024-05-08T17:35:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/08\/jose-mourinho-wants-sensational-man-utd-return-report\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T17:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:35:07","slug":"jose-mourinho-wants-sensational-man-utd-return-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/08\/jose-mourinho-wants-sensational-man-utd-return-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho wants sensational Man Utd return \u2013 report \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jose Mourinho is keen on returning to Manchester United as manager, but the club do not plan on approaching him over the job, according to a report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag\u2019s position as manager has come into question following a disappointing 2023\/24 season, with the Red Devils most recently losing\u00a04-0 away to Crystal Palace\u00a0on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>United were managed by Mourinho between 2016 and 2018, and the\u00a0<em>Manchester Evening News<\/em>\u00a0report he would \u2018love\u2019 to return to Old Trafford, with his camp even suggesting he would walk back to the city if it meant returning to the club.<\/p>\n<p>And though Mourinho is friends with the club\u2019s new shareholder, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, he does not believe an approach is coming and\u00a0United\u00a0ultimately aren\u2019t interested in bringing him back.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho won three trophies during a two-and-a-half year stay at United earlier in his career. He was sacked in December 2018 with the Red Devils languishing in mid-table and was replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/01hx96jrme0fnat9t76y.jpg\" alt=\"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Jose Mourinho\" title=\"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Jose Mourinho\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Mourinho was succeeded by Solskjaer in 2018 \/ Marc Atkins\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>After leaving United, Mourinho was appointed as head coach of Tottenham Hotspur in November 2019, but lasted little over a season in north London. He then brought success to Roma during a two-and-a-half season stay in the Italian capital, leading them to glory in the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League, but was sacked midway through the 2023\/24 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Though United aren\u2019t interested in Mourinho, the\u00a0<em>Manchester Evening News<\/em>\u00a0add that Ten Hag\u2019s job is not safe and the club are assessing possible replacements \u2013 Thomas Tuchel, Gareth Southgate, Graham Potter and Roberto De Zerbi among the names to have been suggested.<\/p>\n<p>United are on course for their worst-ever finish in the\u00a0Premier League\u00a0era \u2013 they currently sit in eighth, one place below their previous lowest return of seventh \u2013 but could still escape the season with silverware, taking on rivals c in the FA Cup final on May 25.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Mourinho is keen on returning to Manchester United as manager, but the club do not plan on approaching him over the job, according to a report. Erik ten Hag\u2019s position as manager has come into question following a disappointing 2023\/24 season, with the Red Devils most recently losing\u00a04-0 away to Crystal Palace\u00a0on Monday night. 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