Jose Mourinho is barely in the door at Old Trafford and the mind games have already begun.
No, the Portuguese hasn’t taken a swipe at Arsene Wenger (yet) and he’s promised to be perfectly civil when dealing with his Manchester City rival Pep Guardiola (unless it becomes a two-horse race for the Premier League title, of course).
Instead, Mourinho has laid down an early marker to show who is really in charge of things at Manchester United.
We had originally missed this in the furore over The Special One’s arrival to Manchester on Monday, as United were sure to make a massive deal about their newest signing.
Nice of Jose Mourinho's mum to drop him off for his first day at Manchester United pic.twitter.com/35qqYgeLaZ
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOE_UK) May 30, 2016
Mourinho was revealed to the world as Manchester United on their own official TV channel, MUTV, where he was filmed entering the club’s training ground at Carrington.
Unfortunately for Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, the first clip posted on the club’s official account appeared to capture a cold shoulder for the ages.
The club shows Mourinho arriving at the training ground and, as Woodward hovers in reception, Jose glides right by him and shakes the hand of almost everyone else in the room.
#MUTVHD: See Jose Mourinho arrive at #mufc in The Paddy Crerand Show, 18:30 BST (UK/IRE) https://t.co/IsfFA7ncZU. https://t.co/Xlu0o96YMA
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 30, 2016
Nearly four hours later, perhaps prompted by the social media reaction, the club posted the full clip on Twitter where we can see Jose and Ed greeting like long, lost brothers.
In case you missed it earlier, our new manager was given a tour of the Aon Training Complex today… #WelcomeJose https://t.co/7RLZDk6adl
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 30, 2016
