Three years and two miserable false dawns later, that same aggressive approach is exactly what United want. At Old Trafford today José Mourinho pointedly avoided all talk of philosophies and three-year plans. “I was always much more aggressive in my approach,” the new United manager said. That aggressive approach is what scared United off in 2013 when they were looking for a manager who could follow in the footsteps of Ferguson. Mourinho’s reputation for having an instant impact is exactly what United need now Nigel Roddis/EPAFor the first time in three years, Manchester United resemble the bus that, to borrow Sir Alex Ferguson’s famous quote, waits for no one.

Source: The Times July 05, 2016 16:01 UTC