Jose Mourinho has told filmmakers that he reached an agreement to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, a claim made in a new documentary that revisits the club’s managerial transition. The documentary includes on-screen statements from Mourinho recounting discussions about taking the Old Trafford job following Ferguson’s decision to retire in 2013. The sequence places Mourinho’s account alongside the established timeline in which David Moyes was appointed as Ferguson’s immediate successor.
The appointment of David Moyes as manager of Manchester United in 2013 is an established fact: he took charge at Old Trafford after Sir Alex Ferguson ended a 26-year tenure. The documentary quotes Jose Mourinho saying he had agreed terms to replace Ferguson, though the film does not alter the recorded sequence of appointments and outcomes at the club. Moyes’s tenure and subsequent departure in 2014 remain part of the club’s public record.
Jose Mourinho later became manager of Manchester United in 2016, an appointment that is part of his widely documented managerial career. The documentary presents Mourinho’s remarks as recollection rather than new documentary evidence; it does not include an official statement from the club altering the historical record of the 2013 appointment. No formal confirmation from Manchester United is presented in the film to indicate a change to the known sequence of events.
The film’s release adds a personal perspective from Jose Mourinho to the public discussion about a well-documented period in Manchester United‘s history without introducing new administrative records. Media outlets and supporters have referenced the documentary’s claims, while club archives and official announcements continue to show that David Moyes succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 and that Jose Mourinho was appointed to the post in 2016. The documentary frames these remarks as part of Mourinho’s account of his career decisions.
