Jose Mourinho has delivered a bleak warning to Manchester United fans after being asked if he can ever restore the club to its past glory.
The Red Devils were a dominant force of the English and European game during Mr. Ferguson’s 27 years in charge, but have struggled since his retirement in 2013.
Mourinho is the club’s third permanent manager since Ferguson left four years ago, and believes the state of the game now means another period of such sustained dominance is ‘impossible’.
Still, the Portuguese tactician accepts he’s going to have to let some fans down as expectation at Old Trafford is still so high.
‘The club is guilty of it (expectations), because of the history. I am also a little bit guilty of it because I’m used to winning trophies at every club,’ Mourinho told Gary Lineker on BBC Two’s, The Premier League Show.
‘The relation between our true potential and the expectations we create – there is a gap.
‘We are not ready to be Manchester United. We are not ready to be the dominant force. We are not ready to try to win everything. Because of our nature, we are ready to fight for everything, every point, but there is a space between the general ambition of a giant club and what we are in reality.’
When asked if United were a bigger club than the likes of Chelsea and Real Madrid where Mourinho has worked in the past, he responded: ‘I’m not saying bigger.
‘I’m just saying that it was easier to get the objectives in the other clubs than here.
I think I found a sad club (here).
‘Forget it, it’s not possible (to restore the club to past glories). Don’t try to go (back to) ten, twenty years ago because it’s not possible anymore.’ Roy Keane :
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