Jose Mourinho

[Arn]

If what Eto'o said is true then he hasn't exactly created harmony in the Inter squad. He left the squad in real mess if you believe Eto'o.

That he is an excellent man manager isn't exactly true. Look at Chelsea after he left, look at Inter.

Players in different camps, that is the state he left both squads. How can you call that excellent man management?

[Vermilion]

So were you as sympathetic to Rafa when he was fighting to save the club when it was obvious to him that we were rapidly imploding, or did you accuse him of causing trouble ‘like he did at Valencia? (Genuine question, not an accusation)

Sir, sir, (raises hand) i know the answer i know the answer...

[Vermilion]

Jose Mourinho linked with Liverpool job after refusing to commit to Real Madrid | Metro.co.uk metro.co.uk/sport/football… via @Metro_Sport

Maureen using Liverpool to get his way at Madrid shocker.

Although, i could easily imagine Madrid kicking him out on his arse if he keeps his fun and games going, i mean, it's not like Madrid have'nt got a great team, don't see why he's so worried, he IS the self proclaimed special one, so he should realisitically be able to manage the situation, with the talent available, they don't play Barca every week.

Even if we say Barca have the better squad/1st 11, Maureen is the better manager surely, so he should be able to cope with what he has, it's hardly a skeleton squad at Madrid.

Frankly, i'm amazed he's kicking up such a fuss so soon into his Madrid career, unless, he really does want to manage lfc instead and soon as, which myself, i find hard to believe right now, more likely destinations out there for him, City in Champs league might do it for him now.

Whoever he manages while Fergie is still at utd, i'd still expect him to join them when the time comes.

[the rev leeroy brown]

So were you as sympathetic to Rafa when he was fighting to save the club when it was obvious to him that we were rapidly imploding, or did you accuse him of causing trouble ‘like he did at Valencia? (Genuine question, not an accusation)

i see the two as completely opposite situations.

rafa fought for many things (more power, expose the yanks etc...) but i dont remember a time when he fought to unite the playing staff and the off field staff like jose does. i was sympathetic in rafa's cause when he was publicly damming the owners for budget etc... but when it came to his power trip rants i had no sympathy because i was against it.

[CJ]

i see the two as completely opposite situations.

rafa fought for many things (more power, expose the yanks etc...) but i dont remember a time when he fought to unite the playing staff and the off field staff like jose does. i was sympathetic in rafa's cause when he was publicly damming the owners for budget etc... but when it came to his power trip rants i had no sympathy because i was against it.

so you believe that if madrid gave him 100m to spend on who ever he wants this week that he wouldnt be quiet and would still be fighting to unite the staff?

[the rev leeroy brown]

so you believe that if madrid gave him 100m to spend on who ever he wants this week that he wouldnt be quiet and would still be fighting to unite the staff?

of course he would keep fighting. he does it at every club where he apparently spends **** loads. the man is undeniably a manager who wants his club to have a tight knit community / family feel.

[CJ]

of course he would

[redstaralex]

I'm going to defend mourinho's spending

when he arrived at chelsea he bought 2 players straight away for big money, drogba and carvalho (the others that arrived that summer were already there or in the pipeline), both were outstanding successes, the following summer he spent large on essien, who was in the top 3 midfielders in the league for a long time so again for me a success, only other big money player was shevchenko and although people assume he was abramovich's choice, even if he was mourinho's that 3 out of 4 big money players that he got bang on and it was over a couple of seasons, that for me is pretty good going

at inter in 2009 he sold ibrahimovic and got eto'o, sneider and one more player (can't remember who) for the price

in the summer at real he got khedira, ozul and di maria none of which were massive names with massive prices (compare to summer 2009)

so for me, saying he only goes to places with daft amounts of money doesn't stack up now (I apologise if I've remembered incorrectly and there were more big money players I've forgotten about)

now, as much as I think he would be good for us, my main doubt surrounds his man management skills, anyone remember Johnson saying chelsea destroyed his interest in football? ranieri took him there but after a year mourinho was in charge and you could argue didn't give him a chance

[RedReet]

i see the two as completely opposite situations.

rafa fought for many things (more power, expose the yanks etc...) but i dont remember a time when he fought to unite the playing staff and the off field staff like jose does. i was sympathetic in rafa's cause when he was publicly damming the owners for budget etc... but when it came to his power trip rants i had no sympathy because i was against it.

What does it matter what he fought for, he fought for what he thought was in the clubs best interests, just like Mourinho thinks he’s doing now. Both are winners, fully believe in their methods and will do everything in their power to try and implement these methods, regardless of who it upsets. I don’t see much difference to be honest apart from the obvious hypocrisy from our fans who think the sun shines out of Mourinho’s arse but Rafa just causes trouble everywhere he goes.

I don’t exactly know what you mean by these ‘power trip rants’, but I do wonder how they compare to all the interviews and press conferences that had Mourinho detested in Italy and the storm he’s causing in Spain by blaming referee’s and accusing managers of lying down for Barca.

Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t lose any sleep if we employed Jose, he is clearly a world class manager, but I just can’t get my head round how certain fans are so happy to criticise Rafa and his methods but yet are in full support of Mourinho completely ignoring the obvious parallels. (again not exactly aimed at you)

[Arn]

I'm going to defend mourinho's spending

when he arrived at chelsea he bought 2 players straight away for big money, drogba and carvalho (the others that arrived that summer were already there or in the pipeline), both were outstanding successes, the following summer he spent large on essien, who was in the top 3 midfielders in the league for a long time so again for me a success, only other big money player was shevchenko and although people assume he was abramovich's choice, even if he was mourinho's that 3 out of 4 big money players that he got bang on and it was over a couple of seasons, that for me is pretty good going

at inter in 2009 he sold ibrahimovic and got eto'o, sneider and one more player (can't remember who) for the price

in the summer at real he got khedira, ozul and di maria none of which were massive names with massive prices (compare to summer 2009)

so for me, saying he only goes to places with daft amounts of money doesn't stack up now (I apologise if I've remembered incorrectly and there were more big money players I've forgotten about)

now, as much as I think he would be good for us, my main doubt surrounds his man management skills, anyone remember Johnson saying chelsea destroyed his interest in football? ranieri took him there but after a year mourinho was in charge and you could argue didn't give him a chance

Inter spent something like €80m net his first season there. It is easy to forget players like Mancini and Quaresma.

[Exiled_red]

I'm going to defend mourinho's spending

when he arrived at chelsea he bought 2 players straight away for big money, drogba and carvalho (the others that arrived that summer were already there or in the pipeline), both were outstanding successes, the following summer he spent large on essien, who was in the top 3 midfielders in the league for a long time so again for me a success, only other big money player was shevchenko and although people assume he was abramovich's choice, even if he was mourinho's that 3 out of 4 big money players that he got bang on and it was over a couple of seasons, that for me is pretty good going

at inter in 2009 he sold ibrahimovic and got eto'o, sneider and one more player (can't remember who) for the price

in the summer at real he got khedira, ozul and di maria none of which were massive names with massive prices (compare to summer 2009)

so for me, saying he only goes to places with daft amounts of money doesn't stack up now (I apologise if I've remembered incorrectly and there were more big money players I've forgotten about)

now, as much as I think he would be good for us, my main doubt surrounds his man management skills, anyone remember Johnson saying chelsea destroyed his interest in football? ranieri took him there but after a year mourinho was in charge and you could argue didn't give him a chance

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...t-Chelsea.html

2007
Aug Juliano Belletti Barcelona £3.7m
July Florent Malouda Lyon £13.5m
June Tal Ben Haim Bolton Free
June Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich Free
June Steve Sidwell Reading Free


2006
Aug Ashley Cole Arsenal £5m
Aug Khalid Boulahrouz Hamburg £7m
June John Mikel Obi Lyn £16m
May Ben Sahar Hapoel Tev Aviv £320,000
May Andrei Shevchenko AC Milan £30.8m
May Salomon Kalou Feyenoord £8m
May Michael Ballack Bayern Munich Free


2005
Aug Michael Essien Lyon £24.4m
July Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City £21m
July Lassana Diarra Le Havre £1m
July Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers £160,000
June Asier Del Horno Athletic Bilbao £8m
Jan Jiri Jarosik CSKA Moscow £4.83m
July Ricardo Carvalho Porto £19.85m
July Didier Drogba Marseille £24m
July Tiago Benfica £8m
July Mateja Kezman PSV Eindhoven £5m
July Paulo Ferreira Porto £13.2m
July Arjen Robben PSV Eindhoven £12m


Total £225.76m

True alot of the biggest signings worked out Drogba, Carvalho, Essien
But a couple didn't Wright-Phillips and Shevchenko

In the mid price signings Robben, Mikel, Malouda and Kalou worked out
Ferreira, Tiago, Del Horno didn't.

Based on that his record in the transfer market isn't that special IMO.

[anfieldanfield]

He'd come and win us the league .

Well we don't want THAT!

[Craig_H]

Well we don't want THAT!

[cream]

Mourinho is a big admirer of Fergie, he would love to emulate what he has achieved at United. Maybe Liverpool can give him the platform and the stable environment for long term success. The ideal jobs for Mourinho would be us or United, and to be honest, I think he would prefer to work for our owners than theirs. City will throw money at him, but I think he knows deep down that it will only a matter of time before things turn sour.

[SimonNo7]

Sorry for posting something that has come indirectly from that scumbag paper but, according to the BBC Gossip Page, Mourinho has 'allegedly' said that he decided to return to England...