It seems Jose Mourinho will either go into the history books as one of the best tacticians or as one of the most infamous bus drivers.
Good afternoon guys, I hope you have read my international column in this week's paper. For those of you who are unsure of what I'm talking about, please buy this week' Soccer Laduma and read my column. I promised to write an exclusive Supporters Club article with Jose's best quotes and here is what I found.
Mourinho at his unveiling as Chelsea manager in 2004: "Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one."
Mourinho on his relationship with Chelsea owner Abramovich: "If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training, we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!"
Mourinho on his relationship with Barcelona when unveiled as Real Madrid manager in 2010: "I am not anti-Barcelona. I am coach of Real but Barca doesn't worry me. My only concern is to grow Real. Barca are great rivals and we respect them. If I am hated at Barcelona, it is their problem but not mine. Fear is not a word in my football dictionary."
Mourinho on pressure as Real Madrid manager: "I am prepared. The more pressure there is, the stronger I am. In Portugal, we say the bigger the ship, the stronger the storm. Fortunately for me, I have always been in big ships. FC Porto was a very big ship in Portugal, Chelsea was also a big ship in England and Inter was a great ship in Italy. Now I'm at Real Madrid, which is considered the biggest ship on the planet."
Mourinho on Arsene Wenger: "I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea."
Mourinho on Sir Alex Ferguson: "I have a lot of respect for Ferguson. I call him boss because he is the manager's boss. Maybe when I become 60, the kids will call me the same."
Which one is your favourite quote and what do you think of Jose Mourinho? I hope you enjoyed and please share your feedback with me.
Cheers,
David
