- Jose spent 12 minutes to drive a point many didn't grasp back in 2018.
- By 'football heritage' he meant a gradual process over recent years.
- United's heritage had been poor compared to domestic and European rivals.
- In the market, the club was also inert.
Jose Mourinho was under a barrage of questions following United's Champions League elimination at the hands of Sevilla, March 2018. At the pre-match press conference, Jose gave the Premier League one of its most remarkable speeches ever. At the time it felt surreal. Now, and it's easy to prove, many have changed their minds.
Key quotes from Mourinho's rant:
• ''In seven years with four different managers, [United] once not qualify for Europe, twice out in the group phase and the best was the quarter-final. This is football heritage.''
• ''If you want to go to the Premier League, the last victory was 2012-13 and in the four consecutive seasons United finish fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. So in the last four years, the best was fourth. This is football heritage. It means that when you start the process you are here, you are there or you are there, is heritage.''
• ''Do you know what is also heritage? Is that [Nicolas] Otamendi, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, [David] Silva, [Raheem] Sterling, [Sergio] Aguero, they are investments from the past, not from the last two years.
''Do you know how many of United players that left the club last season? See where they play, how they play, if they play. That's football heritage.''
Mourinho clearly meant players at City had been below par so they'd sold them. United hadn't:
• ''One day when I leave the next Manchester United manager will find here [Romelu] Lukaku, [Nemanja] Matic, of course [David] De Gea from many years ago, they will find players with a different mentality, different quality, different background, with a different status, know-how.''
• ''I could be in another country with the league in the pocket, the kind of league you win before it even starts, but I am here and I am going to be here and no way am I going to change my mentality.''
• ''I understand that for many, many, many years was really, really hard for the people who don't like me - 'here he is again, here he wins again.' For 10 months I win nothing, the last title that I won was 10 months ago, I beat Liverpool, Chelsea, I lose against Sevilla and now is their moment to be happy.''
In case you have never seen this beauty or if you want to experience it again, there you go:
How did you like Jose's message then & what does it make you feel now?
Comments
he's a genius who can see things differently.... ppl dislike him becos of his ego. but without his ego there's no Mourinho.
Master Tactician .... Master Teacher .... Whenever master JM talks folks should close their eyes and learn .....it’s obvious when some folks eyes are open they’re automatically blind ... No-Manager have got JM record all over Europe .... No Manager I REPEAT NO MANAGER
your daddy this? hahahahah pls go clean his car then
Utd_ _Řèłéņťłešš, n u go clean Ole's ass.. Its terrible now! Hahaha
You will always be the best whether some people dislike you because of your ego or not. The issue is that in your field of profession your one of the best and that says it all. I see many hypocrites regretting and taking back their wrong words.