It's possible, and if United do want him, they're playing a pretty big hand of poker with their current approach - that's not usually their style. Market leaders who want the "best" candidate normally just get the job done - hence my comments that there's no certainty he will go there.
The cost of taking Jose will be viewed as a business development cost - it improves our chances of retaining talent and recruiting very high quality individuals, it improves our chance of winning trophies and will certainly strengthen the negotiation hand in sponsorship and commercial deals. Therefore his "price" should not be too much of a consideration.
We're almost in a win-win situation. If we get him that's a win, if we don't but we are seen as having been genuine in our attempt to get him then that really improves our hand with a Koeman or de Boer etc.
I think we're beginning to see the changes in Everton that having a major shareholder (future owner) like Moshiri enables. We need to sort out many things at the club, but we seem to be sorting the priority which is on the pitch. The rest will come very soon thereafter.
I'm still not sure just how genuine anymore the Mourinho wanting with all his heart the United job is as well, when he returned to England - yeah think he had it set upon that, but he really did get screwed over by United in that regard and maybe it soured him on the entire thing.
IF United did want him and IF Mourinho did want that job above all else - then i have very little doubt that it wou;ld have been signed and sealed and already annoucned by now, what would the worst outcome have been - LVG deciding to walk which just allows Mourinho to come straight in, hell with Mourinho out of work they could have made the change at any single point since Christmas as well
As i said above mate, people get stuck on the idea Mourinho costs too much etc, his wages will pay for themselves - even discounting sponsors wettign themselves over him and the club, how much does each club get per tv game these days, well pretty sure you could add at least an extra 6-8 televised games with him in charge as the media would demand it
Players and transfer budgets are a strange one as if they are spent well then they actually add hugely to the business - its only when they go bad people notice that though ofc, give Mourinho a huge budget and it won't be money down the drain for usre, it will just be transfreed into assets which hopefully improve the performance on the pitch and if they don't are still resellable
