Is Jose Mourinho really the man to unite Man United?

Winning the FA Cup was meant to be the moment Manchester became united again; so following it up with a move to bring in Jose Mourinho is a gamble that could just as easily jeopardise that mission as achieve it.

United weren’t exactly in their pomp on Saturday, the victory over a limited but passionate Crystal Palace side was achieved largely through the sheer determination of Wayne Rooney not to miss out on lifting the trophy he has wanted to win since he was a nine-year-old.

But when you consider Louis van Gaal has been accused of ‘not playing the United way’ and of ‘not understanding what United is all about’ then there were plenty of unifying aspects of the victory which had the potential to partially heal some of the painful wounds suffered by the club this season.