Former Manchester United goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel says the arrival of Jose Mourinho has been “fantastic” for the club with the Portuguese helping to restore feeling of confidence to Old Trafford.
Schmeichel believes the former Inter Milan boss has turned things around, and even quicker than expected.
Immediate past manager, Louis van Gaal faced criticism throughout his reign over a perceived poor handling of the club.
Schmeichel, who won 15 trophies during his time at Old Trafford, expressed his delight to see the club returning back to its old glorious days under the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson.
He told Sky Sports, “I think it’s been fantastic, I expected it to be another bumpy year. Jose has inherited a squad of players and he will have had to assess every one of them.
“He is doing that quicker than I thought he would have done. Plus, the four additions in the summer [Eric Bailly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba], they have all been really good.
“We are getting back to a Manchester United way of playing, which I didn’t expect so quickly, so I am optimistic for the future.
“I think Jose has always tried to protect the lead but it is not in our DNA to [do so], it’s to get number two, number three and number four.
“[But] he has sent the players out to get two, three and four. It’s great to watch and hopefully it’s going to be evolved and developed.
“I would be very disappointed if we are not top four. There is a lot of progress, the team is shaping up and the club is getting back into its own rhythm, its own groove.”
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