By Jeff Powell for the Daily Mail
Published: 00:34 GMT, 25 January 2019 | Updated: 00:36 GMT, 25 January 2019
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Jose Mourinho seems to be enjoying himself as a broadcast commentator but his spells at the microphone look more and more like pit stops on his way back to Real Madrid.
That rumour mill started grinding the minute after he was shown the door at Old Trafford. This week has brought more distinct pointers in that direction.
So the Special One can hardly blame us for suspecting this might have been the idea all along.
Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho appears to be enjoying his time as a pundit
But his appearances on television merely seem to be a pit-stop before returning to Real Madrid
In that, Paul Scholes and to a certain extent Gary Neville have come round to my way of thinking.
Even before Mourinho got the traditional Christmas sack, this column pondered whether he was looking for a way out of Old Trafford.
Since the Special One was sent packing, those two Manchester United legends have voiced similar opinions.
There was the sense among some former United players that Mourinho was eyeing his exit
He was divisive with his squad and in particular £89million France midfielder Paul Pogba
Scholes expressed the view that Mourinho had deliberately 'engineered' his exit. Neville said the writing was on the Stretford End wall as long ago as last summer, when Mourinho moaned about a shortage of major signings and began criticising the expensive players already in his squad.
All this, of course, was followed by the morose media conferences after constipated team performances and the spectacular bust-ups with stars like Paul Pogba.
All part of the grand
