Confirmed: Mourinho 'to meet Manchester United on Tuesday'

Jorge Mendes and Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho is set to met Manchester United on Tuesday to discuss the terms of his impending contract.

That is according to his agent Jorge Mendes.

Louis van Gaal earlier today told a reporter in London “It’s over”, widely interpreted as being in reference to his time at the club.

However, former Manchester united defender Phil Neville has said that Mourinho will last only two or three years at Manchester United but can bring success back to Old Trafford.

“I can’t see him staying too long at Man United, maybe two or three years, that seems to be his shelf life at a football club,” Neville told BBC 5Live.

“When Jose finishes at a club it tends to be a pattern where he falls out with a few players, he gets disgruntled and the team dips.

“It happened at Chelsea, it certainly happened at Real Madrid where there were rumours he fell out with a few players.

“It’s a pattern with Jose, he comes into a club, he gets success but he doesn’t stay for too long.”

United have now failed to finish higher than fourth in any of the three seasons since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.

Mourinho has a proven track record in England, having won the title three times with Chelsea, and Neville believes the former Madrid boss will already have a plan to achieve success again.

“He’s a proven winner, a proven champion. United fans want a team that will challenge for the league title, not a team that finishes seventh or fifth, and Jose is probably the man for the job,” Neville said.

“Knowing Jose as I do, I think he will have done his homework and he’s meticulous in his planning.

“Don’t be surprised if United in the next month, and particularly before the Euros, sign three or four players and when he gets to pre-season he has his squad already in place.

“He knows who he wants and at the start he will demand United sign those players for United to become championship challengers again.”