Benfica, managed by Jose Mourinho in the Portuguese championship, made sharp and critical remarks about his former club Tottenham Hotspur. His comments sparked wide discussion in the football world.
According to Mourinho, the question of what can actually be expected from Tottenham remains open, as the club often dismisses even coaches who have taken the team to finals or won European trophies. He explained this as a lack of stability.
— “What do you even expect from ‘Tottenham’? They even sack coaches who take the team to finals, and even specialists who have won European trophies,” said Jose Mourinho.
In his opinion, this club has never developed a true big-club mentality, and instead it is more often a group of losers disguised as winners. Constant managerial changes do not bring stable results.
— “This club has never had a big-club mentality, they are more like a group of losers disguised as winners,” he said.
Mourinho also noted that sacking managers before important matches and then being surprised by the results is an illogical situation.
He believes the problem is not always the coaches, but may lie in the club’s management and culture. Without a stable system, there will be no results.
— “At some point it becomes clear that the problem is not the coaches, but the club’s culture and leadership decisions,” said Jose Mourinho.
In conclusion, he stressed that talent without character is worth nothing, and stated that Tottenham lacks both of these qualities.
It is worth recalling that five years ago Mourinho was dismissed just days before the League Cup final, after which the team lost the decisive match to Manchester City 0:1.
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