WATCH OUT JOSE , HE ( LIKE YOUR BEST DAYS ) IS BEHIND YOU

As Mourinho searches for answers to his flailing team’s many problems

BY Saturday night Zinedine Zidane was trending on Twitter.

By the end of the Champions League tie at home to Valencia tomorrow, the clamour for ZZ could reach fever pitch.

Manchester United are a fire out of control. Far from being their Red Adair, Jose Mourinho is setting off more explosions than John Mcclane in Die Hard.

The ease with which West Ham dismantled United on Saturday confirmed what we already knew: The Special One has lost the dressing room.

This was United’s third defeat in seven Premier League games so far – their worst start to a top-flight campaign for 29 years.

The Reds now sit 10th in the League, nine points behind leaders Manchester City.

Mourinho and United might not think much of the Carabao Cup but they should not be losing to Derby, themselves beaten at Bolton on Saturday.

Should Valencia win at Old Trafford tomorrow night the virus will have spread to three competitions. West Ham’s win was their biggest over United in 36 years.

It is sad to say but the magic has gone.

Mourinho looked a broken man in the post-match press conference, filibustering his way through three questions to leave no time for more.

Then again, what could he say? How could he explain what we saw at the London Stadium, one of the worst United displays of ANY season?

This wasn’t just a poor performance, it was a disgrace to the club that ruled English football for two decades. When Chelsea sacked him in 2015 they said they had done so to save the club because players were no longer listening to him. The Glazer family are in the same position.

They may not be knee-jerk owners but United are out of the League Cup, will not be winning the Champions League, and at this rate will be lucky to finish in the top four.

Valencia have won just once in their eight games so far this season. Another win tomorrow night and surely it is goodnight Vienna.

Of course we should respect Mourinho’s two Champions Leagues triumphs and his titles in four countries. Of course we can never forget his Treble at Inter Milan, his success in taking Chelsea into the big time, his European triumph with Porto, and his one-time status as the world’s best coach.

Right now, though, he is a man thrashing around for a solution. A man on whom the pressure is starting to tell. His United are so easy to play against that opponents can’t wait to face them.

Mourinho’s relationship with so many of his expensive stars suggests he is no longer a motivator of top-class talent.

On Saturday he again threw his men under the bus, criticising their “quality and mental approach.” Anthony Martial (right, top) was accused of not