Ex-Man Utd youth coach Waddington: Mourinho was sacking people he should have never, ever have sacked

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20 Feb 2021 • 9:09 PM MYT
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Former Manchester United youth coach Lee Waddington has taken aim at Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho.

He's delighted to see the positive work that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is doing at the club and believes the Norwegian is bringing back the culture he experienced under Sir Alex Ferguson back to the club.

He told the Manchester Evening News: "He isn't an outsider. He's an absolute club legend. If you think about that just one goal he scored in the Champions League final, it's set him aside from any other manager. Like a Mourinho."

Lee claims: "Mourinho came in and was sacking people he should have never, ever have sacked and getting rid of people in the academy. I was speaking to people at the time who were saying: 'I try to avoid Carrington at all cost cause it's toxic.' I'd never heard Manchester United talked about like that ever.

"These were senior people who'd been there for decades going: 'Yeah, I just don't want to go there. It's horrendous.'

"Some of the people that he moved on just because he felt he wanted to and he could, should never been allowed. Mourinho should never have been the manager.

"After Ferguson, if you look at the managers that they've had, really it's taken until now to get Ole in to get one of their own back in and steady the ship and get everyone buying in and everyone back on the same page. If you look at the team around him, he's got ex-players around him.

"He's got Man United people back in the room who can support not just Ole but the culture and bring that culture back. Off what I've heard that's exactly what's going on now.

"It's really great to hear they're bringing that back in now and people are starting to smile and be happy around the club."