Don’t be misled by the headlines screaming out “disaster"; If this is the beginning of the end for Jose Mourinho at Manchester United, it has nothing to do with his speaking of his time in Manchester.
If you haven’t seen the headlines yet, you will. Mourinho says that life at United has been challenging and, yes, he uses the word disaster.
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But he’s talking about being under the personal microscope, paparazzi and the like. And he’s talking about missing his family. Because, believe it or not, the man is a human being (at least we’re pretty sure).“I just want to cross the bridge and go to a restaurant. I can’t, so it’s really bad,” Mourinho told Sky Sports.
“For me it’s a bit of a disaster because I want sometimes to walk a little bit and I can’t.”
That last line isn’t talking about tactics, title ambitions, or even the 4-0 loss to Chelsea. True story.
Mourinho’s comments regarding his life at Manchester are interesting and newsworthy, but allow us to go behind the curtain here. The media world is driven by monetization in the form of clicks and time spent on site.
Trumpeting the term “disaster” is tricky. Yes, there are seeds of discontent in Mourinho’s Manchester concerns -- and credit to you for clicking through and reading what them in full -- but let this thing play out, no? There’s a derby in town today.