Former Manchester United defender, Gary Neville, has called on the club’s supporters to relax, despite a 4-0 loss to Chelsea on Sunday .
The result means the Red Devils are now seventh on the table, six points behind leaders, Manchester City and Arsenal.
United have also now picked up just five points from their last six matches.
Pressure is mounting on Mourinho and his team, ahead of Wednesday night’s EFL Cup fixture against Manchester City. But Neville has called for calm among the fanbase.
“There will be a massive over-reaction to that game,” Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast following the loss to Chelsea.
“Jose Mourinho will come under pressure. It will all be ramped up again with the derby on Wednesday.
“I’m quite relaxed, if I’m honest with you.
“When you are a Manchester United fan, in 30 years, 50 years, you are going to have difficult times and you have to accept them when they come along and be mature about it.
“They have a fantastic manager who has been proven in all of the top leagues in Europe and they need to allow him to do his job methodically over the next two to three years to get it right.”
Neville also blamed United’s recruitment policy since Sir Alex Ferguson left, but insists Mourinho is the right man.
“There has been some poor management and poor recruitments,” he continued.
“Players have been signed who are not Manchester United players and I’m not talking about talent – I’m talking about profile.
“I think this signings this summer with Bailly, Pogba and Ibrahimovic are more like Manchester United players with character and personality and physical aspects.
“Ultimately, I think Jose Mourinho is on the right tracks with his recruitment and they have to continue to move onwards.
“They need to move on from some of the previous, which is hard because some of them are on big contracts and you can’t move them all on at once.
“But I don’t panic as a Manchester United fan, because I just recognise that the past 25 years have been incredible and you are going to have a bad time.
“I think at the moment, Manchester United fans should relax as it is just part of the 50, 60, 70 years of being a fan. It is not always going to be rosy.”
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