“I am more a manager that likes specialists, not so much the multi-functional players,” said Jose Mourinho. It’s easy to imagine how Daley Blind might have interpreted that remark. But if the Dutchman was in any doubt, the next line painted a clear picture of his Manchester United future.
“I like one or two multi-functional players because when you are in trouble, you always need one or two guys who can fill the space. If you have three central defenders injured or suspended, you need some left-back or midfield player that can give you a hand.”
Some left-back or midfield player. If there are three defenders injured. It’s not encouraging. And yet, it’s hardly a surprise either. Blind’s name featured alongside the already jilted Juan Mata’s on the list of players whose futures were seen as under threat by Mourinho’s arrival.
Unless Mourinho sees Blind as a “specialist” elsewhere, filling in at the back could be as good as it gets for him now. “I will have to show what I can do,” said Blind earlier this summer when contemplating life under the new manager.
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