“The regression of the team led by the manager may be the immediate trigger for today’s action, it is also the result of some poor decisions. Three managerial appointments each withdifferent playing styles and the player investments that they triggered.”

— Manchester United Supporters’ Trust on Tuesday’s firing of Jose Mourinho as United manager.The consensus is that United’s problems since Alex Ferguson retired are as much at the ownership and senior management level as with departed managers David Moyes, Louis van Gaaland now Mourinho. (AP)

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