Jose Mourinho sacked!

Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Manchester United after a disastrous first half to the Premier League season.

Mourinho's two-and-a-half year reign came to an end at 9:46am on Tuesday morning following the club's worst start to a top-flight season since 1990. His last game was a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. 

The club released a statement on their website which read: 'Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect.

'The club would like to thank Jose for his work during his time at Manchester United and to wish him success in the future.

'A new caretaker manager will be appointed until the end of the current season, while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a new, full-time manager.'

Mourinho, who was pictured arriving at Carrington at 9:02am, just 44 minutes before being sacked on Tuesday, is set to receive a £22.5m pay-off with the club still in the Champions League.    

Sportsmail understands that club officials agreed that any progress under Mourinho had stalled this season and that, importantly, a number of the club's exciting youth prospects were not developing under the former Chelsea manager.





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