Ex-Man United midfielder reveals terrible Mourinho treatment | OneFootball

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has revealed how former manager Jose Mourinho sought to force him out of Manchester United during a tough spell at the club.

Mourinho was in charge of Manchester United when Mkhitaryan joined from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of around £27m in 2016. The Armenian scored 13 times in 63 games for the club but was unable to replicate the prolific form he had showed in Germany.

The 36-year-old, now with Inter Milan, has opened up on the tough treatment he received from Mourinho, revealing how the Portuguese coach ‘begged’ him to leave and refused to talk to him in training. After 18 months, Mkhitaryan moved to Arsenal in a swap deal that saw Alexis Sanchez head to Old Trafford.

In his new book, Mkhitaryan wrote: “I told him, you’ve been criticising me for a year-and-a-half now, ever since I arrived at Manchester United. “Mourinho told me I was ‘s***’ and I just lost my temper. ‘You are the s***. An enormous one.’”

“Jose replied: ‘Get out of here, I never want to see you again.’

“During the training sessions, the coach said nothing to me, he remained at a religious level of silence, but every evening he’d send me a message via WhatsApp. ‘Miki, leave, please.’

“The situation had become grotesque. I’d reply every time with the same copy and paste response. I will leave if I find the right team, otherwise I’ll wait for the summer. Towards the middle of January, the text changed slightly. ‘Miki, please leave, that way I can get Alexis Sanchez.’

“Mino Raiola was working on this exchange with Arsenal. So my response mutated too. ‘I am not leaving just to do you a favour, and please stop writing to me. If you want, talk to Mino.’”

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