Quotes About Mourinho

It's going to be an immense pleasure to work with Jose Mourinho, listen to him and learn from him.

My first impressions of Mourinho were really positive.

If Jose Mourinho came to Man United, you would think, with his track record, that in maybe three seasons he would be gone. Man United are looking at the next 20 years. They've just given David Moyes a six-year contract. It is that kind of club.

If the coach on the sidelines is not that strong, transmitting the kind of spirit he has, players won't always handle it well. Life becomes difficult. But, with Mourinho, everything is good. He knows when to be among his players, as 'one of us' making jokes as a friend, and when to be strong and distant, even severe.

A month before signing for Chelsea I was very close to doing so with Real Madrid as Mourinho said he wanted me.

Mourinho and I have similarities in our careers. We didn't play professionally but our way of playing is not the same.

I like Mourinho because he is intelligent. When his team are in difficulty he's very good at focussing the attention on himself.

Mourinho is a fantastic manager, intelligent, clever. He is OK.

For me, Mourinho is an extreme coach with focus on results who is not very concerned with glamour on the pitch. He puts the result above everything and if you get so many titles doing that, it is certainly not a wrong way.

In Germany, we laugh at it. Mourinho just selects a topic to moan about - transfers, team preparation, a rival coach. But Pep Guardiola wants it all to be about the performance of his team. He's obsessed by possession, like at Bayern Munich, and will not compromise on that at Manchester City.

Pep is not the best coach in the world. I prefer Mourinho. He is the No.1, because Mourinho is more transparent and more direct than Guardiola.

Juventus fans know a lot about him, but in Italy we love Mourinho for his success.

Guardiola is a great manager, but I chose to join another great manager, Mourinho, at United.

Speaking about Mourinho is always controversial, and there's always some intrigue surrounding him. But he is an awesome coach who tries to take the maximum from each and every one of his players.

Mr. Mourinho is a wonderful coach and did great things at Porto, winning trophies, and I will respect that.

To work with Jose Mourinho, who has won so many trophies in his time as a coach, is an opportunity not to be missed.

I get on well with Mourinho. He trusts me and knows what I can give to the team.

We have to remember, Mourinho worked at Barcelona. He has good memories of Barcelona. The club did well when he was here.

If you are at United, you need a manager with a winning mentality. We had that with Ferguson. Mourinho has it. He wants to win every game.

When I met Mourinho, I was still very young, but mentally and tactically, he worked on me. He was really demanding: you could not take a step below your level.

Mourinho was good; a very good family man. If people had children and there were days we had to come in he would let you bring kids in and mess about with them while the training session was going on.

This is typical Mourinho. Rashford is the biggest talent you have in England. He needs games. He should be playing every week. Instead, he buys Lukaku, he buys Sanchez.

Mourinho doesn't need to give long speeches. He's direct and to the point.

I had a tough spell under Mourinho where I was in and out of the team, although I did turn a corner with him at one stage before injuries unfortunately got in my way. He could be a tough person to play for. When you were in favour with him it was great, but when you weren't you could feel like an outcast.