Jose Mourinho aims to leave Man United in a better place

Jose Mourinho wants to leave Manchester United in a “much, much, much better” state than the club he took over.

There were always going to be teething problems when Alex Ferguson called time on his spell at Old Trafford, but few could have foreseen quite how tough it would be.

Successor David Moyes did not even see through his first season at the helm, with Louis van Gaal last year paying the price for his prosaic football and inability to secure Champions League qualification.