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Will the Real Jose Mourinho please stand up?

As someone who has been a long standing advocate that Jose Mourinho was the only true heir in terms of personality to succeed Sir Alex, it pains me no end when I see this version of Mourinho that has descended since the start of our pre season. To be fair, I am not entirely surprised, for the genesis of this happening was there before the FA Cup final last season. United put together a couple of miserable performances before that final in the league, it was the sort for which Van Gaal would have got booed out of the place. Something wasn’t right, something just hasn’t been right. Mourinho’s reign started with promise, you could see how his personality and the cult of Zlatan were reviving the club in his first season. Last season, as hot and cold as it was – offered reasons to be optimistic, especially the start of the season, not to mention how Jose ‘mourinhoed’ all fellow top 6 managers between March and April. Mourinho was moulding the club and was getting moulded by the c...