Jose Mourinho has yet to be confirmed as the next Manchester United manager and former club Chelsea could be holding up proceedings.
Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal was sacked on Monday, two days after winning the FA Cup. However, hiring his successor is proving to be a longer process than expected.
While Manchester United had taken all the precautions to ensure that Jose Mourinho would be their new manager in the summer, the Portuguese’s storied history with Premier League rivals Chelsea has thrown a spanner in the works.
The West London club hold the rights to Jose Mourinho’s name and image, and this has halted the Manchester United move as Chelsea are now asking for a multi-million pound fee to sell their trademark rights, according to the Guardian.
Chelsea had bought Mourinho’s image rights in 2005, and even though they sacked him in 2006, the club continue to make money on a wide variety of products bearing his name and image. Though this hasn’t stopped Mourinho from managing clubs like Inter Milan and Real Madrid, Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward wants full ownership to the rights on his name and image.
Mourinho on the verge of signing lucrative Manchester United deal
Jose Mourinho has always been interested in the Manchester United job. He expressed his desire to manage United even when Sir Alex Ferguson retired, but was denied because certain influential figures at Old Trafford felt he didn’t fit the mould of a United manager. Those concerns have since been overshadowed to a great extent by the poor performances of the club in the past three seasons.
The Special One looks like the best available option to drag Manchester United back to the top and Mourinho is now on the verge of signing a three-year contract with the Red Devils, rumoured to be worth more than the £7.5 million per year he was earning at Chelsea.
