He obviously will never come to us, I’m just saying that it would have been a good match. If he won trophies with Everton they’d be modest achievements for the likes of United but he could claim them to be huge achievements for us, that was my point, he’d be a history maker.
His situation at United is a little similar to what Silva has here. A squad that has suffered through years of poor recruitment. Their best outfield players Matic Pogba Lukaku are all Mourinho signings. The problem is everywhere he looks aside from what he has brought in there is players not at the top level. The likes of Rashford Lingard Martial Mata are good but it’s not like he’s suddenly inherited Hazard or De Bruyne is it. Jones Smalling Young Valencia Fellaini are just poor although he’s utilised Fellaini ok. The problem he’s faced is that he had to sign big players for big fees to get the quality to what it needed to be. He took over a side in 6th under Van Gaal. A bit like Silva has had to do with Richarlison Mina etc. The problem is the support cast is a lot poorer than the fans think and the fan expectation is a lot higher than the bulk of the squad is capable of even though a lot of money has been spent.
I actually think he’s done a decent job. I know it’s an unpopular opinion and the Liverpool fans are giddy at the moment to burn him at the stake, but that squad he inherited was abysmal. Nowhere near a title winning squad. Nowhere near Chelsea City or even Liverpool’s squad. To win two trophies with them in his first season then to finish second I think was unbelievable progress. It’s just because it’s United though nothing but challenging at the top is acceptable. He’s made some errors undoubtedly like Lindelof and his man management seems to have gone off the boil but I don’t think the job he’s done is that bad. The truth is that if he’d had the first 2 seasons Klopp had 8th and 4th with no trophies he’d have been gone. So he’s caught in a trap between having to get results to keep the rampant fans at bay, but not having the time to get players who aren’t world class playing a style of attacking football that might mean they don’t get the results like Klopp hasn’t. It’s a huge job.