Jose Mourinho has reflected on his time as Manchester United in an interview with Canal 11 and voiced his frustration over rivals Manchester City getting away with their FFP breaches with just a fine, instead of docked points that would have seen us crowned champions.
Mourinho hinted he should have got the job after Sir Alex Ferguson left the club but notes that things must be better run now, presumably because Sir Jim Ratcliffe making the footballing decisions instead of the Glazers, with Ruben Amorim being given the time to develop his squad.
The critical moment is when both Sir Alex and David Gill leave. David Moyes comes in, not me, but I explain the story better in my Netflix documentary. When I arrive, the club is still living that crisis. We won trophies and we finished 2nd.
I still say I don’t understand the clubs that are punished by the FFP in cash, because usually the clubs who break the FFP have enough money to pay the fines. They should pay with points. And if they paid with points, we could have won the league because Man City would have been punished in points, not fines. I talk about this to say that, still, it wasn’t enough for me to have stability and continuity.
Today, with the new ownership in the club, and I see what happened with Ruben, having Manchester United’s worst ever Premier League season, and still having the trust to continue, the trust to carry on being himself with his own ideas, I think that’s a sign that there is a lot changing within the club. I think we all agree he is a coach with great potential and character. With stability, I think he has in hands an incredible potential to do a great job at Manchester United.
Translated by @Iconic_Mourinho.