Can someone explain this to me because I quite clearly remember practically no Man United fans being behind José Mourinho and "unpleasant truths" after the defeat at Anfield. 24 games, 10 wins, 8 defeats. That was all it took after two of their most successful seasons post-Fergie https://twitter.com/TotallyMUFC/status/1336960536211230720

What were these truths? That he wasn't backed? He spent over £420m on 10 players excluding salaries, which were also huge. £145m on three players who are no longer there. £75m on two centre backs.

Has any manager ever been backed more than José Mourinho was at Man United?

The story goes that Mourinho wanted Harry Maguire and was told they wouldn't be signing him. The same summer United signed Fred for over £50m and Dalot for £20m. A year after they signed Lindelof for £32m and Matic for £40m, and two years since they signed Bailly for £34m.

The Mourinho project was backed to the hilt. So many of those players failed. Colossal wastes of money which set Man United back years in the long term. We can't rewrite history, especially if it was only two or three years ago!

'No, you see it didn't fail because of the 10 players we did buy. It failed because of the one player we didn't.'

Give it up.