IAN LADYMAN: Jose Mourinho was once a powerful force but he is now more Arsene Wenger than Sir Alex Ferguson... The Roma boss still understands the game but there is a missing link in how he can get the best out of players

It is a myth that all football managers get better as they grow older.

Arsene Wenger stayed five years too long at Arsenal. Sam Allardyce proved a point post-England at Crystal Palace but probably should have ended things there.

Fabio Capello with England? We know how that played out. And it will be interesting to see whether Carlo Ancelotti can reignite the flame at Real Madrid. The great Italian’s year and a half at Everton was underwhelming by the end.

So age and experience does not always generate wisdom in the way it did for someone like Sir Alex Ferguson.