Mourinho Treatment To Players Is The Best – Essien

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho can get the best out of his players. That’s according to Michael Essien. Essien of course worked with Mourinho at Chelsea and at Real Madrid.

United, who finished second in the Premier League last term and reached the FA Cup Final, have endured a rocky start to the new campaign.

Defeats to West Ham, Tottenham and Brighton have left United languishing in eigth, while Mourinho’s souring relationship with record signing Paul Pogba has provided an ugly backdrop to an already difficult period.

Essien has work with Mourinho on two different teams like Chelsea and Real Madrid. He backed Mourinho to work with the players and know what the say to them.

He said to Standard Sport: “They’ve had a very bad start to the season. Knowing Jose and the players, I am sure they will work hard and start to change things around.

“He’s a good man, first and foremost, and he always knows how to get the best out of his players. He knows when things are not going right and he knows what to do and the words to say to pick them up.

“I am sure he will do that and hopefully things will begin to change for him.

“He is [charismatic in training]. He is always close to his players. He’s such a good man but people see him differently on camera. But, off camera, he is such a lovely person.”