Jose Mourinho's future at Manchester United lurched further into doubt as his divide with the dressing room and poor results caught up with the Portuguese after another defeat, this time at West Ham.

BBC pundit Alan Shearer went as far to say that he expects Mourinho to be fired, while former United defender Rio Ferdinand said "there are some big decisions to be made."

“I think Mourinho will lose his job," said Shearer in the wake of United's defeat at the London Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.

David De Gea retrieves the ball from his net after conceding from a Yarmolenko shot (Getty)

"I can’t see him turning it around. They were hopeless from start to finish. Too slow, lethargic and very weak.”

Ferdinand, speaking in his role as a pundit on BT Sport, emphasised that senior figures at Old Trafford would have some serious discussions about United's alarming slide and the poor product on the field.

"As a a footballer your DNA is about hard work and effort. I didn't see that today. I didn't see them make two or three passes in succession - that's criminal. I don't see enough players working hard to say to the manager 'this is my place in the team'. You've got to work hard and grind and Man Utd didn't.

"There are some big decisions to be made at United now. There will be conversations at the top level, about the future of the manager and the squad, because the basics are not being done. There has to be something said."

When West Ham striker Marko Arnautovic was asked about the future of Mourinho, his former boss at Inter Milan, he declined to comment.