It doesn't happen every day that the best football manager you can think of, join the team you have always supported. It happened today: Jose Mourinho has joined Inter Milan.
Mourinho has won a lot with Porto and Chelsea and if Abramovich had not fired him last September, I bet Chelsea would have won the Champions League and maybe the Premiership title this year.
Mourinho style of play is not always the most spectacular but always effective, winning for him is what football is all about and he's right. But more than his style of football, what I like about Mourinho is his personality with the media: he has a cool image, sense of humour, a charisma "leader of the pack" type that reminds me of a James Dean or a Maximum Decimus Meridius. Some people consider him arrogant and full of himself and maybe he is, but he has the guts to give no toss about what other people think of him. I much prefer a sincere arrogant like him than a fake modest such as, come to mind, Arsene Wenger or Rafa Benitez.
I am also curious to see the reaction of the Italian media. Sports journalist in Italy are too serious about football and they always miss the funny side of the game. I am not sure they will appreciate Mourinho's sense of humour or his mind games towards rival teams or comments on the referees. He will, I am sure, come up with some new metaphors, remember the one about of the good and bad eggs and the omelette?
Mourinho relationship with president Moratti will be crucial for his success at Inter. The problem with Moratti is that, just like Abramovich, he has plenty of money but doesn't understand football and he wants to have a word in who to buy or how to play. Mourinho on the other hand is very stubborn and proud, he likes to manage in his own terms and at Inter it will not be easy. Saying that, this is definitely a tough job, who else can fill it other than the Special One?
4 comments:
How dare you call the King Arsene a fake. He doesnt have to spend £250 billion to find talent. He is the master.
I am not saying Arsene Wenger is a bad manager, he is a good one, even though at Chelsea he would have last no more than two seasons... What I can't stand about Wenger is that he always defends his players when they do something wrong (remember Viera tackles?. Wenger is like a broken record :"I didn't see, I cannot comment" and he is boring, in 10 years I can't remember even one interview!
Good Luck for the disastrous season coming up for your favourites team! The wrong man in the wrong staff. Inter Milan will cry for Mancini departure!
Well, anonymus, 2 years later and you are proved wrong:
1 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, 2 SCUDETTI, 1 COPPA ITALIA, 1 SUPERCOPPA (and a treble too).
Jose is a winner. Full stop
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