In pictures: Jose Mourinho's Manchester United tenure

It all started on May 27 2016 as he was appointed as Manchester United manager, replacing the outgoing Louis van Gaal (Getty)

He got off to a flying start with victory over Premier League champions Leicester in the Community Shield at Wembley. New signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the winner (Getty)

Mourinho’s Reds were once again humbled by ‘noisy neighbours’ Manchester City at Old Trafford – this time losing 2-1 in September 2016 thanks to goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Iheanacho. (Getty)

There was no happy return for Mourinho after a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of former club Chelsea. He clashed with home fans who taunted their former manager (Getty)

The pressure really started to show as he was sent to the stands when United played Burnley in October 2016 (Getty)

The United boss did win trophies as Zlatan Ibrahimovic helped them to Carabao Cup victory against Southampton last year (Getty)

He ended his first Premier League season with victory over Crystal Palace but in sixth, 24 points behind champions Chelsea (Getty)

There were high ponits too. He took the club to Europa League glory with a 2-0 victory over Ajax in Stockholm (Getty)

A 2-1 defeat to his former club Real Madrid in the Super Cup at least saw new signing Romelu Lukaku scores the consolation – but the forward didn’t shine under his new boss (Getty)

United fans started to turn after a shock defeat to Huddersfield left them lagging behind (Getty)

There was embarrassment along the way. United lost the Carabao Cup quarter final against Championship side Bristol City (Getty)

Less than a year ago Mourinho was rewarded with a new contract – a move which caused controversy (Getty)

Sevilla sent Manchester United spinning out of the Champions League in March (Getty)

In one of his finest moments in charge, Chris Smalling capped an incredible turn around as they came back from the dead to beat rivals Manchester City (Getty)

There was to be no FA Cup salvation as Chelsea beat United at Wembley in the 2018 final (Getty)

United’s start to the season was painfully slow. They lost to Brighton but that was followed up by a 3-0 defeat to Tottenham – the worst home defeat of Mourinho’s career (Getty)

Ear we go! It was hoped victory over Juventus in the Champions League would be the start of United’s resurgence but it didn’t materialise (Getty)

United fell short in the Manchester derby once again as City strolled to a 3-1 win in November leaving United as the gulf grew (Getty)

It was all over for the United boss as Liverpool rubbed salt into the wounds as they pulled an incredible 19-points clear at the top of the Premier League (Getty)