JOSE MOURINHO IS NOW THE MANCHESTER UNITED BOSS

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Jose Mourinho has been officially confirmed as
Manchester United manager and has signed a
three-year contract.
He replaces Dutchman Louis van Gaal, who was
dismissed on Monday, two days after the club's FA
Cup win.
"Jose is quite simply the best manager in the game
today," said United executive vice-chairman Ed
Woodward.
Mourinho, 53, said: "To become Manchester United
manager is a special honour in the game. It is a
club known and admired throughout the world."
He said he had always "felt an affinity with Old
Trafford" and claimed he has "always enjoyed a
rapport with the United fans".
He added: "I'm looking forward to being their
manager and enjoying their magnificent support in
the coming years.
"There is a mystique and a romance about it which
no other club can match."
Mourinho has been out of work since being sacked
as boss of Premier League rivals Chelsea in
December.
"His track record of success is ideal to take the
club forward," said Woodward.
"He has won trophies and inspired players in
countries across Europe and, of course, he knows
the Premier League very well, having won three
titles here."
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In an interview with MUTV, Mourinho said he is "in
the right moment" to succeed at United, adding the
"past three years" did not reflect the club's history.
Saturday's win brought United their first piece of
silverware since the retirement of Sir Alex
Ferguson in 2013.
"It is a giant club. It must be for the best
managers," he said. "I prefer to forget the past
three years and focus on the giant club I have in
my hands.
"I want to win. What the players need to do is listen.
I want to focus on the history of this giant club. I
will give everything to go in the direction we all
want."
"The most important thing is the players and my
relationship with them."
Mourinho said United fans had shown him
"empathy, no problems" on previous visits.
"I was pushed by that feeling to say things my
clubs were not happy with, like when I said the best
team lost when I won with Real Madrid," he added.
"Real Madrid were not happy with that."
The Portuguese's appointment followed three days
of talks between his agent, Jorge Mendes, and
senior United officials.
He has already been linked with a move for Sweden
striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who played for him at
Inter Milan.
Ibrahimovic, who has decided to leave Paris St-
Germain, told reporters on Thursday that Mourinho
"is the man" to bring United "back to the top".
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The BBC reported on Saturday, within an hour of
United's 2-1 win over Crystal Palace, that Van Gaal
would be sacked and replaced by Mourinho.
Talks, which started on Tuesday and were delayed
by negotiations over Mourinho's image rights, finally
concluded on Thursday.
As well as his three Premier Leagues, Mourinho
has led Real Madrid to the Spanish title in 2012, and
guided Porto and Inter Milan to Champions League
victories in 2004 and 2010 respectively.
However, he left the Blues in turmoil only seven
months after winning the Premier League title, with
the club 16th in the league, just one point above the
relegation zone, having accused some players of
"betraying" his work.
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What next for Mourinho?
Mourinho's first match at Old Trafford will be on 5
June for Soccer Aid, managing an England team
against a Rest of the World side led by Leicester
boss Claudio Ranieri.
He will then come up against Guardiola, who takes
charge of Manchester City, during a pre-season
tournament in Beijing on 25 July.
Mourinho was manager of Real Madrid from 2010 to
2013, winning one La Liga title, while Guardiola was
coach of Barcelona.
"We will undoubtedly have fun," journalist Graham
Hunter told BBC Radio 5 live. "I hope we get the
quality of football, drama, theatre that we got then.
A very different situation coming your way in
Manchester next season."
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What about Ryan Giggs?
The future of assistant boss Ryan Giggs remains
uncertain, with the club not mentioning the 42-
year-old in their statement.
He is known to be unhappy at the way Van Gaal
was dismissed and is considering an offer to extend
his 29-year association with the club.
He has now passed over for the manager's job for
the second time.
Tactical analysis
Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin:
"From the very start of his career in coaching he
has had this incredible self-belief, great knowledge
and incredible attention to detail, but also this ability
to think outside the box in a way some managers
don't.
"He's very willing to change things and adapt things
in more complex ways when he has to and when it
has to be simple, he will be simple.
"I have talked to him a few times about tactics.
This guy is on a different level completely. In one
game he made a number of changes within a three-
minute period that other managers would take three
games to do.
"He made radical changes that would not have even
entered the mind of most managers. He not only did
it, he did it with speed and they worked."
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