Jose Mourinho will be taking over as manager of the Manchester United team.

He has signed a three year contract with an option to stay at the club until at least 2020.

Mourinho has managed at the top level of European football for over a decade and has won league titles and cups in four different countries. He has also won the UEFA Champions League twice.

Ed Woodward said: “José is quite simply the best manager in the game today. He has won trophies and inspired players in countries across Europe and, of course, he knows the Premier League very well, having won three titles here.

José Mourinho said: “To become Manchester United manager is a special honour in the game. It is a club known and admired throughout the world. There is a mystique and a romance about it which no other club can match.”