Louis van Gaal's been 'on the brink' all week, and Jose Mourinho's sudden availability has seen all sorts of chat about him taking over at Old Trafford pop up.
He's not a 'legacy' guy
He's only ever spent three seasons at a club twice in his career - being fired at the end of that season by Real Madrid and a month into his fourth in his first spell at Chelsea. It's not just a 'poor results' thing either - when he leaves a club, it's because relationships at the club have soured. With that kind of consistency, it's a personality thing - he's just not the kind of person who people can get on with for long.
He looks exhausted
Even if Mourinho was the man for United in the long term, he looks completely out of it. Managers like Carlo Ancelotti and Jurgen Klopp have brought the sabbatical into style, and Jose certainly looks as though he'd benefit from taking the rest of the season off.
Not that it's necessarily accurate to judge this based on pure aesthetics - he looks tired. He looks beaten. A quick bit of time away from the game to recharge might make him a little less tetchy.
Should Van Gaal go anyway?
United's form of late has been pretty horrible, but only so much of that can be attributed to Van Gaal himself. Injuries have hit incredibly hard, and key players have underperformed at important times.
Also - this isn't a side who should be winning immediately. This is a side who are putting down a base now for growing success in 12-18 months time, with youngsters who are developing fast. Van Gaal's set to leave at the end of his contract in 18 months time, and should leave an excellent team for his successor to win with.
Ed Woodward
Can you see Mourinho not going absolutely mad at Woodward's general incompetence in the transfer market within a single summer? It was Mourinho's Chelsea side who swiped Pedro out from under United's nose this summer - and it's hard to imagine that their working relationship would be off to a great start.
Source: Yahoo! Sports.
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