Mourinho has brought a winning mentality back to Man United already

Wayne Rooney believes new manager Jose Mourinho has brought a winning mentality back to Manchester United.

The Special One, who has 17 major trophies on his CV including eight league titles in four countries and two Champions League triumphs with different clubs, replaced Louis van Gaal this summer.

Although his predecessor won the FA Cup in his final match in charge the feeling at Old Trafford was the club was lacking the drive previously provided by Sir Alex Ferguson.

Rooney said Mourinho's arrival has corrected that.

"It's always great to get a new manager but when you get someone in the stature of Jose Mourinho he's great to work under and he's brought a winning mentality back to the club," he told Manchester radio station Key 103 .

Rooney described Mourinho as having "a good balance of being the manager but also being a friend to the players" but that may not be an opinion shared by some after the Portuguese reportedly began his summer clear-out with up to nine players said to be on their way out of Old Trafford.

The suggestions are midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, who on Friday announced his retirement from international football with Germany, will be the highest-profile victim a little more than a year after he joined from Bayern Munich.