Mourinho has lost the plot, Zlatan is as mobile as a cone, says Dugarry

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is a tactical failure who has lost the plot and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is as mobile as a training ground cone, according to former France star Christophe Dugarry.

The United duo have come under the spotlight during the club’s three-game losing streak, which has seen them beaten by Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford in successive fixtures, and Dugarry has stuck the boot in by claiming the pair don’t have the necessary qualities to make the Red Devils a success.

Speaking on his show on French radio station RMC, the ex-Bordeaux, Milan and Barcelona front man stated his belief that Mourinho has been living on reputation for the past six years, since leading Inter past Barcelona in the 2010 Champions League semi-finals.

“I get the feeling Mourinho’s last tactical success was that Champions League game between Inter and Barcelona,” claimed the 44-year-old.

“He has won some titles since, but I think he has lost the plot. He believes he has become more important than the team. Tactically, I don’t think he puts anything in place. Apart from the players, who have changed, it is the same organisation as last season under Louis van Gaal.

“He always blames the referee or their opponents’ good fortune. There is no self-criticism.”

Dugarry went on to claim that Ibrahimovic is far too immobile for the role of target man in the United line-up, despite the Swede having netted four goals in five Premier League appearances to date.

“Ibra is a training cone,” he added. “People talk about his stats, but he’s a cone. When you see Zlatan’s matches, it is not possible to do that. This is English football, which goes at 2,000 kilometres an hour.”

United began their first campaign under Mourinho with four straight victories but have since slipped to seventh place in the Premier League and also find themselves playing catch-up in their Europa League group following the loss in the Netherlands last week.

They head to Northampton Town on Wednesday for an EFL Cup third-round fixture, with Mourinho expected to make wholesale changes to his regular line-up.