JOSE MOURINHO believes a lack of trust from the top denied him more success with Manchester United.

Mourinho spent two-and-a-half years in the Old Trafford hotseat winning two trophies, reaching an FA Cup final and finishing second in the league.

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But he left United in acrimonious circumstances in December 2018 believing he had not been backed properly in the transfer mark that previous summer by then executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.

Mourinho said: “My relationship with Ed Woodward was good – good as in the personal point of view.

“But from a professional point of view it was not the best.

“I am who I am. I am a football man. Ed comes from a different background and what Ten Hag has in his time at Manchester United I didn’t have.

“I didn’t have that level of support. I didn’t have that level of trust.

“So I left sad, because I felt I was in the beginning of the process.

“In some moments, I felt if they trusted me and believed in my experience things could be different.”

Despite his complaints, Mourinho still spent £355million in his time charge at United.

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But it was the players he wanted shifted out that he believes remain a problem.

He said: “There are a couple of players still there I didn’t want five or six years ago.

“I think they represent a little bit what I consider not the best professional profile to a club of a certain dimension.

“But I did my job there. Time always tells the truth. I would love Manchester United to succeed.”

Jose Mourinho’s career stats

Those numbers in full:

• Benfica, 2000: P11 W6 D3 L2

• Uniao de Leiria, 2001-2002: P23 W12 D8 L3

• Porto, 2002-2004: P127 W91 D21 L15

• Chelsea, 2004-2007: P185 W124 D40 L21

• Inter Milan, 2008-2010: P108 W67 D26 L15

• Real Madrid, 2010-2013: P178 W128 D28 L22

• Chelsea, 2013-2015: P136 W80 D29 L27

• Man Utd, 2016-2018: P144 W84 D32 L28

• Tottenham, 2019-2021: P86 W44 D19 L23

• Roma, 2021-2024: P138 W68 D31 L39

• Trophies: Premeira Liga x2, Portuguese Cup, Portuguese Super Cup, Champions League, Uefa Cup (Porto); Premier League x3, FA Cup, Carabao Cup x3, Community Shield (Chelsea); Serie A x2, Italian Cup, Italian Super Cup, Champions League (Inter Milan); La Liga, Spanish Cup, Spanish Super Cup (Real Madrid); Carabao Cup, Community Shield, Europa League (Man Utd); Europa Conference League (Roma)