They had just won the FA Cup and finished in top four.
Were crap to watch under LVG but not unable to be competitive in any competition.
Manchester United lost his identity after the retirement of Alex Ferguson. David Moyes and Van Gaal were unable to create an identity at the club, a game standard. Be competitive? NEVER.
Mourinho has had his flaws but ended up with two cups raised and this season, with all the mistakes and level of bad weekly play, United makes a solid campaign in PL and is alive in UCL.
devastated team? lol
How many millions they spent before Mourinho? ManU has been a mess for a long time.
I agree that with the money spent, it is possible to achieve a more showy football. But United has played well many times last season and the team simply does not win. He created countless chances for goals and did not score. Mourinho sought balance.
Mourinho found the antidote to stop Pep at the end of his spell in Spain and found a way to soften the excellent attacks of Liverpool of Klopp, like no other can. It is absurdly annoying to play vs Mourinho. First that your team is a stronghold in big games, difficult to undergo attacks. Secondly, his attack is always well-armed strategies to exploit the opponent's weakness.
Mourinho is the smartest coach in the world. He with 10 days of study and training can make his team (no matter the players) play in 50/50 conditions against any other. That is why he is the most feared in Knockout stages.
The PL runner-up will end as a great job, even by CIty's absurd campaign. I do not like the model, but it should be noted that United finished sixth last season, had a giant breakthrough. Let's see next season.