Woodward rules out knee-jerk Mourinho sacking after Man Utd's poor start

By Daily Sports on September 26, 2018

The executive vice-chair has told shareholders he is “looking at the bigger picture” following the club’s inconsistent results so far this season

Manchester United have thrown their weight behind manager Jose Mourinho despite the club’s indifferent start to the Premier League season.

United drew 1-1 at home to Wolves on Saturday and have so far collected only 10 of 18 available points, with back-to-back defeats against Brighton and Tottenham in August having put Mourinho’s future under the spotlight.

But executive vice-chair Ed Woodward insisted on Tuesday that the club are not about to make any knee-jerk decisions when it comes to Mourinho’s position at the club.

“As it’s easy to get caught up in the game-by-game fluctuations of our season, or even the relatively minor pieces of business and industry news, I would like to take this opportunity to take a step back and look at the bigger picture,” said Woodward.

“We’re the biggest sports team in the world as measured by number of fans, and we know that’s a position that requires continued effort and investment to maintain.

“Our board, our investors and everyone at the club are aligned with the fans on what we need to do on the pitch and that is to win trophies.

“That’s one of the reasons we hired Jose Mourinho, and we’ve already won three with him.”

Woodward was speaking in a call with club investors following the release of the club’s annual earnings report which showed a record turnover in the 12 months up to June 30, 2018.

•Adapted from a goal.com report. Photo shows Manchester United Chief Executive, vice-chair Ed Woodward

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 26, 2018


 

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