Former Man United manager Jose Mourinho has been without a managerial stint ever since the Old Trafford outfit sacked him last December.
While everyone was pretty confident he would return back to management during the summer but eventually, he didn’t and since the start of the current season he was busy doing punditry duties.
But earlier this week, the footballing world was met with some shocking news when Tottenham Hotspur firstly chose to sack Mauricio Pochettino and then immediately decided to appoint Jose Mourinho as their next boss.
Back in 2015, Jose had claimed that he would never be able to manage Spurs just because he loved the Chelsea fans.
Well, now that that statement has been flushed out, the former Man United boss has come out to explain why he chose to take up the job at Spurs.
The Portuguese explained: “I am excited to be joining a club with such a great heritage and such passionate supporters.
“The quality in both the squad and the academy excites me. Working with these players is what has attracted me.”
Levy has splashed a lot of money in order to bring in Jose Mourinho to the club so naturally, the Spurs head honcho was all praise of the Portuguese.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said: “In Jose, we have one of the most successful managers in football.
“He has a wealth of experience, can inspire teams and is a great tactician. He has won honours at every club he has coached.
“We believe he will bring energy and belief to the dressing room.”
Spurs do have a pretty wonderful squad at their disposal and this is pretty much the same bunch of people who took the side to their first-ever Champions League final just a couple of months ago.
But this season, these players have failed to click which is something Jose Mourinho touched up a couple of months ago. And we believe this is the area the new manager will first look into.
“Maybe, this season they are not having that kind of chemistry that I felt that they had in the team. I don’t know if I’m right, of course,” he told Sky Sports in September.
“I always felt that Spurs in the last years, of course, they were not buying or not buying a lot, but they were doing something that for me is even more important which is to keep all the good players that they have.
“Somehow, with Mauricio, with Mr [Daniel] Levy, with everything around the club, they persuade the players to stay and to stay happy. That was my feeling… perfect chemistry.
“They managed to give some new contracts to Harry Kane and to other players and they looked happy to belong to that project, to that club, to that dream. Maybe now, the feeling that I have with what is happening with Eriksen, with Vertonghen at the end of last season, with Alderweireld, it looks like probably now, some of the boys are not so happy to stay.
“They have their eyes in bigger pictures. Other players getting more money to them, other players winning titles. Look to Kyle Walker winning trophies. Looking at the possibility of playing for Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain.
“Maybe at this moment the team is not that focused family full of chemistry. It looks to me like the relationship with Mauricio is fantastic, they are more than happy to work with him. The club grew up, amazing stadium to play, Champions League again. But maybe some of the boys they want something different.
“Sometimes, even in the perfect group, it is only one that is not happy, is something that can create a situation where step by step they lose a little bit of focus.”
