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Karine Grigoryan

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TOP 10 Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United signings

Earlier today, Manchester United announced the sacking of Jose Mourinho. After managing Chelsea from 2013 to 2015, Jose Mourinho was appointed as Red Devil's head coach on May 27, 2016. Let's take a look at Jose Mourinho's signings over the past years as Manchester United head coach.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic - free transfer, July 2016

Zlatan arrived at Old Trafford on a free transfer and was United’s top-scorer as the club won the League Cup and Europa League. He left the club with having scored 28 goals in all competitions.

Alexis Sanchez - Part-exchange from Arsenal, January 2018

Alexis arrived as part of the Mkhitaryan deal  but since his arrival he hasn't found his place in the team. So far this season he has made 10 Premier League appearances and scored only one time.

Diogo Dalot - £19m from Porto, June 2018

The youngster has been out because of injuries for most of the season, only making his full Premier League debut on December 5 against Arsenal. Overall he made 8 appearances for Manchester United.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan - £26.3m from Borussia Dortmund, July 2016

Henrikh Mkhitaryan also arrived with a big potential but he never made it off for the Red Devils and was sold to Arsenal in a swap deal with Alexis Sanchez. The midfielder has started overall 63 games and has scored 13 goals for Manchester united.

Victor Lindelof - £30.7m from Benfica, July 2017

The defender has not really adjusted to the Premeir League as he has made only 30 appearances in 15 wins with 7 clean sheets. Lindelof has been in and out of the team ever since becoming Mourinho’s first new addition during the summer of 2017.

Eric Bailly - £30m from Villarreal, June 2016

Bailly arrived with a considerable potential but has only made 40 top-flight appearances. He started his season with a horror show in the 3-2 defeat at Brighton and was also hauled off after 19 minutes at home to Newcastle.

Nemanja Matic - £40m from Chelsea, August 2017

Matic was a key member of Mourinho's title-winning Chelsea team in 2014/15 and he did not hesitate to make the move to Old Trafford when the chance was given. The midfielder has made 50 appearances and has scored only one time in the Premier League. Fred - £52m from Shakhtar Donetsk, June 2018 The 25 year old midfielder is still adapting to his new team and  Mourinho's successor will hope to see more from him. He has made 8 appearances so far in the Premeir League with having scored only 1 time in 4 wins.

Romelu Lukaku - £75m from Everton, July 2017

Romelu Lukaku has made 50 Premeir League appearances since making his move from Everton in July 2017. He has scored 22 goals and assisted 7 times. And overall the striker has scored 33 goals in 73 games so far in all competitions.

Paul Pogba - £89m from Juventus, August 2016

The French midfielder's relationship lately hasn't really been good with the United boss and there were rumors that he could leave the club. Pogba has made overall 74 Premier League appearances with having scored 14 goals in 43 wins and he has assisted 17 times.

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