Graeme Souness reckons there’s only one reason Jose Mourinho is Manchester United manager

The new season has yet to kick-off, but Graeme Souness is getting in early doors with his criticism of Jose Mourinho.

When Mourinho ended up at Manchester United after Pep Guardiola was appointed Manchester City manager, most expected the pair to continue their feud from their days in La Liga. However, there was no sign of bad blood between the old foes, and neither City or United were in serious contention for the Premier League title in the second half of the season. Instead, the main feud of the season was Mourinho v Souness. https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_UK/status/865571508067938304 The Sky Sports pundit refused to accept Mourinho's complaints about fixture congestion, and the United manager hit back in his programme notes before the last Premier League game of the season. "I have seen in the football media that certain pundits cannot understand why our players are tired," Mourinho wrote, before insinuating that Souness' past a Liverpool player and manager was behind his criticism of United. https://twitter.com/DuncanCastles/status/866277149489156097 Souness hit back following United's Europa League final victory over Ajax, criticising the team's approach under Mourinho. "They have turned up in Stockholm, and dug out a result playing the kind of football that is not Manchester United, that's my biggest beef with them," he said.

"They don't attempt to get on the ball, and don't play enough football for me. If you're one of the big clubs in the world, which they obviously are, you have to play better football. They won't win the big trophies playing like that, against the better teams they won't win the big trophies. You won't win our league playing like that. They don't play enough football.

https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_UK/status/869325732836671488 It seems as though it'll be business as usual between the pair next season. Souness has kicked things off again, saying that the only reason United appointed Mourinho was because Guardiola became City manager. "I didn't think Mourinho was right for United and I said that from day one," Souness told Independent.ie.

"But because Pep Guardiola was coming in an Manchester City, the people making decisions at Old Trafford felt compelled to go and get a big name manager and this why they ended up with Jose."

https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_UK/status/868027805782745088 The former Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers manager also said United performed below expectations in the Premier League last season, and "all we got from Mourinho for most of the season was moaning and groaning and excuses." Souness and Mourinho should have plenty more to say about each when the new season begins.