Mour criticism for Jose

> When nothing seems to be going right for Mourinho, United legend Scholes came out saying Guardiola would hate what the Portuguese is doing

MANCHESTER UNITED would be a completely different side under Pep Guardiola. That’s verdict of United legend and now pundit, Paul Scholes.

The former midfielder claims the Manchester City boss would hate it if one of his sides were producing the current football on show at Old Trafford.

City set the Premier League alight last term with scintillating displays to finish a whopping 19 points clear of second-placed United.

Scholes believes Mourinho’s squads are set up to grind out results rather than impress the fans. And he thinks Guardiola would do things very differently if he were in the Old Trafford hotseat.

“(Mourinho) doesn’t look happy to me,” Scholes told beIN Sports.

“As a football person, if you’re a coach and you see your team playing – he may be happy (with the style of play).

“It’s a team who grind out results rather than really impresses you – and that’s probably what he is happy with, that’s where he has been at his best over the years.

“If Guardiola was manager of Manchester United he would hate what he was seeing – and it would be different. “But, the most important thing to him is results, he will be judged on that.” Mourinho, meanwhile, is now considering alternatives to Willian, with Croatia’s World Cup star Ante Rebic the latest name to attract the Manchester

United manager’s attention. The Portuguese is determined to bring in the type of wide player he feels is essential to his system this summer and, although Willian has long been his primary target from their time together at Chelsea, the difficulty of a deal has led to United looking at other targets. It’s just that, continuing what has already been a frustrating summer, there are similar complications with other options. Ivan Perisic was the winger he wanted to bring in last year, but United couldn’t strike a deal with Internazionale and although Mourinho would greatly like the Croatian again, his brilliant performances at the World Cup have seen his price explode.

The club are naturally reluctant to pay a fee of what would be around £80million (RM426m) for a player set to turn 30 this season.

There isn’t the same reticence about Gareth Bale – who turned 29 last week – due to his “star” status and commercial value, but that is seen by many within United as more of an Ed Woodward target than a Mourinho one.

While the Portuguese would of course find great use for the Welsh star, he would still want a focus on other options. This is also why United are looking at Perisic’s international teammate Rebic, who had a similar impact at the World Cup.

Any pursuit would not quite be as complicated as other targets, since there is now a feeling the 24-year-old could do with a step-up from Eintracht Frankfurt, though United could face competition from Bayern Munich were they to eventually make a move. – The Independent/ Express Newspapers