Key quotes from “The Special One”: Mourinho became Manchester United coach

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The most popular football coach in the world, thanks to his scandalous statements, Jose Mourinho, headed the English Manchester United, a club with one of the largest armies of fans on the planet.

Mourinho, who calls himself "The Special One", is also one of the most successful specialists in football. The 53-year-old Portuguese has won league titles with every club he has worked for since 2002, becoming champions of Portugal, England, Italy and Spain.

In addition, he twice led his teams to victories in the Champions League, the main club tournament in Europe. In 2004, Mourinho became famous with Porto, and in 2010 with Inter Milan. In total, he has already won 32 (!) titles.

However, Jose devoted the longest period of his coaching career to London's Chelsea, to which he came twice. And although he failed to win the Champions League trophy with Roman Abramovich’s club, he achieved victory in the English Championship three times with Chelsea and won 5 more cup tournaments.

From the new season, Manchester United's matches with Chelsea will take on a new subtext - Mourinho against his former club. In addition, the Portuguese's transfer to the club from Manchester strengthened rumors that Cristiano Ronaldo, who became famous here, with whom Mourinho worked in Real Madrid, could return to Manchester United.

ForumDaily has collected the most famous statements of Jose Mourinho, which are almost always dedicated to “his beloved” and which will be of interest even to not the biggest fans of the No. 1 sport.

About Me

"Don't think I'm arrogant, but I won the Champions League and I think I'm Special."

“Not even everyone liked Jesus, let alone me. If you add up all the stones thrown at me, you will get a monument. I think it’s a good monument.”

About life

“If I wanted a simple life, I would have stayed at Porto: a beautiful blue chair, constant participation in the Champions League, God and right after him, me.”

About family

“My son and I watch football; my wife and daughter are not interested in it. So at home we have two fans and two smart people.”

About business

“If Abramovich helped coach me, we would be at the bottom of the table, and if I worked in his big business world, we would go bankrupt.”

About politics

“Do you really want to know about my political preferences? I will answer this way - I am leaning towards the 4-3-3 system [football formation with 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers - approx. FD].

About language

“I studied Italian for months, 5 hours a day, so I could communicate with the press and fans. Ranieri [former Chelsea coach, who has now become the champion of England with Leicester - approx. FD] after 5 years in England he could barely say hello in English, and still can’t even say “good afternoon”.

About working at Chelsea

“Everyone is waiting for Chelsea to stop winning every game and one day, when we finally lose, there will be a holiday across the country. I don’t think this is entirely correct.”

"After everything that's happened this season, I've come to the conclusion that I'm a talented... loser."

About working with Real Madrid

“I am Jose Mourinho and I don’t change. I came here as I am, with all my strengths and weaknesses.”

“I’m a coach, not Harry Potter. He is a wizard, but in real life there is no place for magic. Magic is a myth, but football is reality."

On the fall of Messi in one of the matches

“What is the word “malingerer” in Catalan? Barcelona is a cultural city, with a lot of theaters, and the guy learned a lot. In particular, acting."

About the Arsenal coach Wenger

“Wenger is one of those people who are called voyeurs. Apparently he likes to keep an eye on others. There are people who have a telescope at home through which they watch others. Why else does he always talk about Chelsea?

About the game of the championship of England

“As we say in Portugal, Tottenham brought a bus with them and parked it in front of the goal. If I were the fan who shelled out £50, I would be upset that they came to fight back. You can play defensively, trying to score on counterattacks, or you can just play on the rebound.”

About Italian Championship

“Does Juventus worry me? Notice the dark circles under my eyes - I can't sleep at night."

About football and ... about yourself

“Sometimes I feel like we make too much money compared to those who are actually working for the good of humanity.”

“What makes me special is that I’m above all this crap. Do you think that what some people write bothers me? I don't care at all."

“If the club decides to sack me for poor results, then that’s just part of the game. If that happens, I'll be a millionaire and get another big club in a couple of months."

“People think too much about me. They don't know what makes me happy. And first of all, I am happy when I compare myself with other coaches and understand that only a few of them can compete with me in success.”

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