Ahead of their Europa League meeting on Thursday, Fenerbahce manager Dick Advocaat has insisted that his Manchester United counterpart Jose Mourinho is nothing special.
Mourinho has endured a tough first season in charge of the Red Devils, stuttering league form seeing the club having to play catch-up to the leading sides. Despite this, they have reached the EFL Cup Quarter-Finals, where they will host West Ham United.
United beat the Turkish club 4-1 in the reverse fixture between these two sides a few weeks ago, but despite seeing first-hand the United squad’s capabilities, Dutchman Advocaat remains upbeat aboutFenerbahce’s chances.
“This man proved himself in all countries,” the former Sunderland and Rangers boss said. “If you see how many prizes he has won, that is almost unbelievable.
“He is not a magician. There are so many good players at United, which is good on one hand and on the other hand it makes it difficult to find the right line-up.
“But it is a matter of time, he knows that. But quality-wise if you have six players like Manchester United it is still difficult to find – is it Martial, is it Rashford, is it Rooney? It’s quite difficult.
“But I am sure that they will play for the first place, no doubts about that, and they will start winning games as well, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will start scoring because that man knows how to score.
“At the moment not everything is going the right way, but see how many chances they have got last Saturday.
“If you don’t create chances, that’s a different story but they had so many chances last Saturday it was unbelievable they did not score.
“There is no reason to be worried about the team and about the manager.”
By Steve Osborne             @BlizzardSteve75
