Manchester United sacked Jose Mourinho in December of last year after a series of poor results during the current season.
Jose Mourinho had picked up a number of trophies at the club but the team was nowhere close to competing against the likes of Manchester City in the Premier League and with each passing day, the players were resorting to playing defensive football.
Given that Jose Mourinho had entered the third year of his contract at Old Trafford, many predicted that something will give.
And this is exactly what happened as the Portuguese had a falling out with midfielder Paul Pogba and the pair to take multiple digs at each other.
But now speaking about his time at his former club, Jose Mourinho has insisted that his philosophy was not understood at Old Trafford.
“My game philosophy? It depends. If you have to go into the history of a club to train or impose your own ideas ignoring the context? It depends. At United, they didn’t know my philosophy,” Mourinho told beIN Sports(as reported).
“For my part, I will not start discussing with my new club if first of all the management will not be clear with me regarding the goals to be achieved regarding sports facilities and results.
“I want to know exactly what the club wants and what can they make available to achieve these goals.
“Victory most important for me? Not only. You might not admit that my first Chelsea side from 2004-2006 was a phenomenal side, both in terms of defence and attack, but it was.
“Another example: Barcelona 1-0 Inter in the Champions League return leg in 2010 speaks of a great defensive performance in 10 men against the best team in the world but no one speaks about the 3-1 result from the first leg and we could have scored four or five at the San Siro.
“When I returned to Chelsea, we won the title, despite not being the best team in England at all. And it was possible because the strategy prevailed over philosophy.
“Later, when Chelsea won the title again with Conte, it was clearly a team based on counter-attacks. But since it’s Conte and not me, then it is not underlined.”
