3 reasons why Manchester United will not win the 2016/17 Premier League title

Mourinho thought things would be better than they are

By stating in his first press conference that Wayne Rooney will not be playing in defensive midfield for United, Mourinho set out his stall quite early, and it looks like he was expecting things to be better at Old Trafford than it appears to be.

He made the decision to banish Bastian Schweinsteiger from the first team early on, but he’s now back in the fold, probably because none of United’s midfield options have done that well.

He publicly criticised Luke Shaw and Chris Smalling for not playing through pain in the defeat to Swansea the other day, and you get the sense that all is not well at Old Trafford at present.

Things seem unsettled, and Mourinho probably expected things to be better than they are, which means it’ll take longer to get things where he wants them to be.

This makes a title challenge this season highly unlikely.