Give Mourinho, Pogba a break

And so Manchester remains blue. It’s been the same story since the last days of Sir Alex Ferguson. The three years of disastrous reigns of Fergie’s heir David Moyes and Dutchman Louis van Gaal were a welcome gift to the blue half of Manchester, allowing City’s well-oiled machine to make even further gains so much players and managers that would previously have naturally made United their obvious choice of destination if they were to ever ply their trade in Manchester started favouring a move to the Etihad over Old Trafford.