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As the 2016/17 Premier League season draws ever nearer, Jose Mourinho is looking to rally his troops for one of the most highly anticipated campaigns in years.

The United board have finally made the right managerial decision in appointing the highly experienced Portuguese manager and Reds are understandably excited about what he will bring, especially given the calibre of signings so far.

United supporter Josh Slinger looks at three reasons why he will bring success back to Old Trafford.

The perfect mix of experience and youth:

When Mourinho joined United, it was clear straight away that changes needed to be made and money would have to be spent to get the club back to the top.

Mourinho sent a statement of intent very early into his reign by bringing in the youthful Eric Bailly to tackle United’s defensive vulnerabilities, followed by adding the attacking qualities of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and the experience of the iconic Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The new signings will complement and enhance the existing squad, from the youth of Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial to the maturity of veterans Michael Carrick, Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young.

It gives the 53-year-old many different options as he looks to rejuvenate a Manchester United side that has struggled ever since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson.

With Paul Pogba also waiting in the wings, United’s squad is set to be bolstered even further.

FA Cup win was a confidence booster:

With the final game of Louis van Gaal’s tenure resulting in a first major trophy since the retirement of Ferguson, it should act as a confidence booster for the squad.

Fans demand success at a club like United and winning a trophy may ease the pressure weighing down on some of the players' shoulders - they know they can achieve and it may spur them on to more triumphs.

As well as the majority of the squad now having a winner's medal from their time in England, they also know they have a manager capable of winning in this country. During Mourinho’s time at Chelsea, he won the Premier League three times, proving he is capable of delivering in the most competitive league in the world.

United have appointed a proven winner in England for the first time since Ferguson's retirement and his track record of winning surely bodes well for his time in Manchester.

Money is no object:

United have already spent in the region of £56m this summer on Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkitaryan and are about to splash out a world record fee of up to £100m on Pogba.

Although Zlatan Ibrahimovic signed on a free, he will command big wages but money isn't a problem for the Reds and it seems they are now willing to pay huge sums to attract the best players in the world. Already during the Mourinho era, the Glazer family have proved that this is the case.

Allowing Mourinho to spend such vast amounts of money is surely a statement of intent that the United board, and owners alike, believe in him and that he will have the quality to bring them back to the top.

If he is allowed to continue spending at this level in the next few transfer windows, as well as having a world-class youth system at Carrington, it will surely only be a matter of time before he takes them back to the top of English, and possibly even European football.