Jose Mourinho

[alfie103]

Don't be absurd. He was doing things on the pitch that everyone else in the team, bar Kane, could only dream of. If he'd been properly let off the leash he'd have destroyed teams single handed.

Why didn't anyone come in to get him then? Why did he end up at Spurs with Real Madrid paying half of his wages?

 

[ljinko888]

I see him back at Chelsea next season.

 

[Styopa]

Levy then did the same thing when he hired Conte and very soon realised he'd be nuts to back him with the sort of players he wanted.

Yeah very much so. Levy made the same mistake twice with those appointments. I think his logic may have been something like, ok Mourinho’s a bit past it now, but Conte here’s a guy who’s still operating at the top. But he must have realised he had made the same mistake.

 

[Styopa]

I see him back at Chelsea next season.

I think he would be a really poor choice, especially with the squad they have right now.

 

[Japhet]

Yeah very much so. Levy made the same mistake twice with those appointments. I think his logic may have been something like, ok Mourinho’s a bit past it now, but Conte here’s a guy who’s still operating at the top. But he must have realised he had made the same mistake.

He gave a lot of fans what they were baying for but thankfully recognized the mistake and had the nuts not to go all in on a really poor hand.

 

[Trix]

Why didn't anyone come in to get him then? Why did he end up at Spurs with Real Madrid paying half of his wages?

Because of the cost.

 

[Erm33]

I think he would be a really poor choice, especially with the squad they have right now.

Let's hope they bring him back then

 

[alfie103]

Because of the cost.

Surely if he was world class, a team at the top of european football would have able to get him e.g. Liverpool or Man City?

 

[Trix]

Surely if he was world class, a team at the top of european football would have able to get him e.g. Liverpool or Man City?

You know how much he was on right? Then ask yourself the question how much did they need him? Then add the two together.

if you still can't get it factor in his age.

 

[Erm33]

Surely if he was world class, a team at the top of european football would have able to get him e.g. Liverpool or Man City?

He was a world class finisher when he came back to us. You cannot deny that. Also his passing was incredible. Yes his legs had pretty much gone compared to the player he once was but that didn't stop him still being world class with the ball at his feet/in the air.

 

[ljinko888]

I think he would be a really poor choice, especially with the squad they have right now.

I agree and think he may be the worst Boehly appointment yet if he gets it but he is the big name CV manager an owner like that probably wants for vanity and the fans will take to him again. Mourinho will probably fancy himself being the one to turn them around too and prove his critics wrong.

 

[CanadaSpurs]

I agree and think he may be the worst Boehly appointment yet if he gets it but he is the big name CV manager an owner like that probably wants for vanity and the fans will take to him again. Mourinho will probably fancy himself being the one to turn them around too and prove his critics wrong.

You don’t think he’d go for the newer, shinier Nagelsmann? I still think he’s a big name to many despite the weirdness at Bayern.

 

[Styopa]

He was a world class finisher when he came back to us. You cannot deny that. Also his passing was incredible. Yes his legs had pretty much gone compared to the player he once was but that didn't stop him still being world class with the ball at his feet/in the air.

I agree. I think he was a different player when he came back. He didn’t or couldn’t rely on his pace or power anymore but he had a kind of “silkyness” about his play that I can’t remember him showing the first time around.

 

[alfie103]

You know how much he was on right? Then ask yourself the question how much did they need him? Then add the two together.

if you still can't get it factor in his age.

I am sure other clubs could afford what we were paying him and the age isn't a huge deal as he would have been a loan deal and as Real Madrid wanted to get rid of him, they wouldn't have wanted a big fee. Surely it would have been worth it to get a world class player?

 

[Styopa]

I am sure other clubs could afford what we were paying him and the age isn't a huge deal as he would have been a loan deal and as Real Madrid wanted to get rid of him, they wouldn't have wanted a big fee. Surely it would have been worth it to get a world class player?

I think probably Bale didn’t have the appetite for it anymore. You could see why he came back to us on loan and why he wanted one more tournament for Wales but I don’t think he was that interested in playing for any other major clubs.

 

[alfie103]

I agree. I think he was a different player when he came back. He didn’t or couldn’t rely on his pace or power anymore but he had a kind of “silkyness” about his play that I can’t remember him showing the first time around.

I agree, he was still technically world class when he came back to Spurs but for whatever reason his physical attributes weren't close to his levels during his first spell. It was hard to put him, Kane and Son in the team.

 

[Erm33]

I am sure other clubs could afford what we were paying him and the age isn't a huge deal as he would have been a loan deal and as Real Madrid wanted to get rid of him, they wouldn't have wanted a big fee. Surely it would have been worth it to get a world class player?

Watch these finishes. Tell me you'd not be drooling if this was a wing forward/striker we were linked with signing nowadays?

World class finishes and if we had a player who could finish with the ease/clinical ability shown in these goals I think we'd all be like Harry who?

 

[alfie103]

He was a world class finisher when he came back to us. You cannot deny that. Also his passing was incredible. Yes his legs had pretty much gone compared to the player he once was but that didn't stop him still being world class with the ball at his feet/in the air.

Yes I completely agree but it was hard to have him, Kane and Son in the same team.

 

[allatsea]

Surely this can't be the same Jose Mourinho that managed Spurs ? He never did that sort of thing here. LOL

 

[Yid-ol]

He wasn't world class when he came back. To be fair, Gareth Bale did great things after the loan ended...

Surely if he was world class, a team at the top of european football would have able to get him e.g. Liverpool or Man City?

I agree, he was still technically world class when he came back to Spurs but for whatever reason his physical attributes weren't close to his levels during his first spell. It was hard to put him, Kane and Son in the team.

Not world class
If he was world class
Technically world class



Anyone else getting confused?