Jose Mourinho's signings since returning to England: how many have succeeded?

Jose Mourinho is willing to jettison Eric Bailly just two-and-a-bit years after signing him and Marcos Rojo in order to create space in his squad for a shiny new centre-back.

Given he wanted to get rid of the now in-form Anthony Martial in the summer, the Manchester United hierarchy may be reluctant to agree to selling Bailly, who was one of the club's better players last season. There is also the fact that many of those signed by Mourinho haven't hit the heights that their price tags suggested they might.

Here, we take a look at ever major signing (sorry, Mario Pasalic and Nathan) Mourinho has made since returning to England with Chelsea in 2013, and judge whether each has been a success or a failure, or if that is yet to be decided.

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Manchester United

Eric Bailly

Mourinho's first Old Trafford signing, Bailly had seemed like he would go on to have a successful United career, but he has fallen out of favour this season and could now be headed for the exit.

Verdict: Jury's out

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Never truly suited to Mourinho's style of play, and his signing always seemed rather baffling as a result. Went to Arsenal in a swap deal for Alexis Sanchez.

Verdict: Failure

Paul Pogba

Has been utterly brilliant at times but his big performances have just been too rare to justify his then world record transfer fee. He is almost constantly being linked with a move away and it wouldn't be all that surprising if he left before long.

Verdict: Jury's out

Victor Lindelof

Had a very mixed first season in England but is now one of Mourinho's first-choice centre-backs. However, he is playing regularly in a defence that is leaking goals terribly and if Mourinho gets his way and signs a new centre-back in January it will be interesting to see whether Lindelof retains his place in the team.

Verdict: Jury's out

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Romelu Lukaku

An interesting one. 16 Premier League goals in his first season looks like a decent return, but when you consider that he scored seven in his first seven games, perhaps that final tally was actually a little underwhelming. Just doesn't play as well for Mourinho as he does under Roberto Martinez.

Verdict: Jury's out

Nemanja Matic

A barnstorming success in his first season but all of a sudden is being overrun with worrying frequency. It's impossible to say what exactly has gone wrong, but something is awry for Matic.

Verdict: Success, just about.

Alexis Sanchez

Columnist Jamie Carragher wrote in these pages that Sanchez was 'a big-money buy who is past his peak', and given the continued lack of any impact whatsoever in his game, it is hard to argue with that statement. A free transfer but jaw-dropping wages that simply cannot be justified.

Verdict: Failure

Fred

Mourinho said Pogba's absence from Sunday's Manchester derby meant he had to play Marouane Fellaini in midfield, apparently unaware he had signed a £50m central midfielder in Fred in the summer. It was a sign of how little he rates the Brazilian.

Verdict: Failure

Diogo Dalot

Described as the best full-back in his age group by Mourinho this summer, but not trusted to play in a game of any real significance yet. Cost nearly £20m, hasn't played a minute in the league.

Verdict: Failure

Lee Grant

Has only played 20 minutes in the Carabao Cup defeat to Derby.

Verdict: Not featured enough to judge.

Chelsea

Andre Schurrle

Did fairly well as an impact sub at first under Mourinho but was swiftly cast aside and is now across west London at struggling Fulham. Hasn't fulfilled his potential.

Verdict: Failure

Marco van Ginkel

Marco van Ginkel is STILL at Chelsea, more than five years after signing and having played only twice in the Premier League. He has had loan spells at AC Milan, Stoke and PSV, but couldn't find a new club this summer.

Verdict: Failure

Willian

Perhaps the best signing of Mourinho's time back in England, Willian is a wonderfully gifted player but also one that works hard defensively, too. Now one of England's best attacking players.

Verdict: Success

Christian Atsu

Once highly rated, can now barely get a game at Newcastle.

Verdict: Failure

Nemanja Matic

A huge success back at Stamford Bridge where he won two Premier League titles and a couple of cups.

Verdict: Success

Mohamed Salah

Has become one of the best forwards in world football but, importantly, not under Mourinho. It is now seen as one of the biggest failures of Mourinho's career that he decided Salah was not good enough and let him leave on loan.

Verdict: Failure

Kurt Zouma

A good quality centre-back with bags of potential, but one who stagnated a little at Stamford Bridge. Won two titles but barely played in either season. Went to Stoke, and is now at Everton.

Verdict: Failure

Diego Costa

Fired Chelsea to the title in his first season in England, and stuck around for another one two years later. Some signing.

Verdict: Success

Cesc Fabregas

What a coup it was to get Fabregas to Chelsea, and he quickly struck up a fine partnership with Costa. 18 assists in his first year back in England and with it a first Premier League title.

Verdict: Success

Filipe Luis

A very good left-back who never really got the chance to show what he can do in England. Only stuck around for a year.

Verdict: Failure

Loic Remy

Such an odd signing, though he did score seven goals in the title-winning 2014/15 campaign which, for £10.5m, isn't a terrible deal on Mourinho's part.

Verdict: Success, just about.

Juan Cuadrado

Verdict: Another player who just wasn't given enough of a chance by Mourinho but has succeeded elsewhere. Now a key cog in Juventus' forward line.

Radamel Falcao

One of the great Premier League flops. And Mourinho should already have known something was wrong with the Colombian from his poor spell at Old Trafford a year earlier. Was signed anyway and did next to nothing.

Verdict: Failure

Asmir Begovic

Signed as back-up goalkeeper but was forced to play 17 times in his first season after Thibaut Courtois got injured and was part of the team that fell away terribly before Mourinho was sacked.

Verdict: Failure

Abdul Rahman Baba

Signed for an initial £14m. Barely played. Now in a second season on loan at Schalke.

Verdict: Failure

Pedro

Didn't have enough time under Mourinho to have much success, but went on to become one of the most important players at Stamford Bridge.

Verdict: Success

Kenedy

Tipped for big things, and is still a Chelsea player, but has had a few disciplinary problems and is now on loan at Newcastle.

Verdict: Jury's out

Papy Djilobodji

Who? Exactly.

Never played a league game for Chelsea, went to Sunderland, was sacked by Sunderland, and now doesn't have a club.

Verdict: Failure