Yep, the spark has gone.
His highly effective “us against the world” mentality has a shelf life for the clubs he manages (roughly 2 to 3 seasons) as it eventually becomes draining for the players, but it also looks as though it has a shelf life for him. He looks knackered. All that fighting has worn him out. The contrast between his early press conferences and the ones now are night and day. He’s lost all conviction. Players don’t have belief in what he says anymore.
Real Madrid took a lot out of him. There was that appalling act where he screamed at the female Chelsea physio, before being turfed out of the club he thought he’d spend a long time at. United thought they were getting the original Jose, they got the tired, miserable version.
His football has generally always been rigid. His press conferences were far more entertaining than his teams, but now his press conferences match his teams, dull. His personality comes through as a pundit though as there’s no pressure there, I’d like to see him go back to that.
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