Tottenham, here is Mourinho: "I made mistakes, now I'm stronger"

Mou: "I couldn't be happier"

Exempted last December from Manchester United, the Portuguese coach could not wait to get back on the bench as, in these months, he enjoyed being a commentator. "But this is my life, it's what I belong to and it makes me really happy. I'm not smiling a lot because there's a game in two days and there isn't much time to work but deep down I'm really happy. From "From my personal happiness point of view, I am convinced that I made an excellent choice. How happy am I? From zero to 10 I answer 10", added Mou, aware of the challenge ahead. "Every time a team changes coach at the current season it's because the situation is not good. But here there is a huge potential and one of the reasons I accepted is the vision that Levy offered me about the club and the quality of the I know I have a great job in hand. "

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The Lusitanian coach immediately silences the market rumors that have approached the Spurs players like Bale or Bruno Fernandes. "Having this team is a gift, I don't need other players, I'm happy with the ones I have. I just need more time with them – explains the former Inter coach -. I know them for having dealt with them but not enough. "I tried to take some of them when I was elsewhere and I want to respect the work they have done over the past five years. It's an update, not a change. I'm here to try to understand why the results haven't been good for the last year in "Premier, not to change things and create confusion. I can't think of getting here and changing things in two or four days, also because it's the second time in my career that I take a team in the race. It happened to me at the Porto in 2001, I have to so have confidence in what has been done before. Obviously my staff and I have our ideas and we will change something but I can't think of leaving my mark immediately. "

"I made mistakes and now I feel stronger"

For Mourinho, to whom the London club will guarantee 17 million euros gross a year until 2023 (twice as much as Mauricio Pochettino perceived), staying away from football was tough but it was also an opportunity to look back. "I always thought that these 11 months were not a waste of time, they served me to think, analyze, prepare myself. You never lose your DNA, your identity, you are what you are for better or for worse. But I had way of thinking about many things, I realized I made mistakes and I won't repeat them. I don't feel ready anymore, I always have been, but I'm stronger from an emotional point of view. I feel relaxed, motivated, ready, and I think the players have heard about it in these two days. This is not about me, but about the club, the fans, the players, I'm here to try to help everyone ", the 'mission' of the Portuguese, who calls himself" humble "They are enough to try to analyze my whole career, its evolution, problems and solutions, without blaming anyone. Sometimes having a break is positive. It was my first summer without a bench, it wasn't easy, I felt a little lost but I learned a lot ".

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"When I don't win, I can't be happy"

His past at Chelsea or at United will not affect him. "I am a man of the club, of many clubs. I have decided to live different adventures in different countries, winning in England, Spain and Italy. But I have always said that the Premier League is my natural habitat, where I feel really happy – it has reiterated – Now I have only one shirt, one passion, one thing in my head that is Tottenham. I won the Champions League with Porto and three months later I faced him as an opponent, it's life. I'm not Chelsea, not they are the United or the Real or the Inter, they are all of them, I have given everything to everyone and it is what I will do also here ". The first step is to communicate your mentality to the team. "When I don't win I can't be happy, it's part of my DNA and I hope to pass it on to my players. If you are happy after losing a game, it becomes difficult to become a winner". And on what are the prospects of Tottenham, he assures us that "no one wants more than me to win. We cannot win the Premier this year but we will be able to next season. I'm not saying we will do it but we can. I understand that people will hold me eye, it's like when a top player comes in. But here it is about us, we have to go together in the same direction and think about the good things we can do ".

Messages received from United

Why Tottenham has not recovered after the Madrid defeat "I do not know, I have never lost a Champions League final but I can imagine that it is not easy. But think of Liverpool: one year they lose the Premier for one point and the final of Champions, the following year they are very strong in the Premier and win the Champions ", the example chosen by the Portuguese coach. There's also a joke about the rumors about Real in recent weeks: "I still have friends there, the first of whom is the president we love. I am very proud to leave these reports behind me: yesterday I received 50 messages from the people of Manchester United – concludes Mourinho – and this is the most important thing beyond the trophies ".

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