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Manchester United's Old Trafford football stadium is pictured in Manchester, north-west England on May 24, 2016. Jose Mourinho was on the verge of fulfilling his dream of managing Manchester United on Tuesday after Louis van Gaal's troubled two-year reign came to a bitter end. The path was clear for the former Chelsea manager to be confirmed as the new United boss after Van Gaal was sacked Monday -- the price of failing to get one of the world's biggest clubs into the Champions League. / AFP / PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)