Wayne Rooney reveals why he left Manchester United and Jose Mourinho's biggest mistake
Wayne Rooney says the major reason the Portuguese did not keep the Manchester United stars onside was due to his poor man management skills.
The club’s all-time top scorer played just for a season under Mourinho and revealed he was disappointed by Mourinho's lack of communication with the players.
Jose Mourinho, 55, was sensationally sacked on Tuesday and Wayne Rooney believes a better verbal relationship with his players could have helped.
"In my opinion, obviously being there for a year with him, he didn’t [keep players onside]," Rooney told BT Sport .
"And I think that was the one surprise I had, the communication with the players wasn’t as much as it could have been.”
"And I think when you leave a player out of a game, sometimes, for a player, it gives a bit of freedom of the mind when the manager says I’m leaving you out for this reason or for that reason.”
"But the players didn’t get that, and I think that’s the most difficult thing for a player to try and work out why you’re not playing.”
"I think the big thing with Jose was the communication with the players, and I know the players weren’t happy with him."
Wayne Rooney was then questioned if Mourinho ever told him reason why he was dropped.
"Nothing in detail," answered the legend before explaining why he eventually departed the club. "There was nothing like, 'You’re not doing this, you’re not doing that', so you’re not given something to go and work on and make yourself better at those certain things.
"I knew Zlatan was one of his big signings, Zlatan came in and was scoring goals, and I maybe wasn’t playing at the level I knew I could do so I knew that was the reason. And that was more or less what made my mind up to go and play elsewhere."
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