“I find him really irritating when I’ve coached against him, but that’s just a personal thing”.
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After a protracted saga, Mourinho has replaced Louis van Gaal as United’s manager and Terry believes the Red Devils have appointed the right man to bring success back to Old Trafford. However, they did win the FA Cup in Van Gaal’s final game in charge, a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace.
Despite Chelsea’s poor performance this season, Mourinho was the club’s most successful manager and has had success managing Porto, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, among others.
“I think we can look at our club now in two perspectives”, Mourinho said with a pointed use of the word “our”.
Mourinho has been given a three-year contract, which British media estimated being worth between 30 million and 45 million pounds ($43.99-$65.98 million). I prefer to forget the past three years. “I think the players need to listen – I want to win”, he said. More than that I need the supporters and players to feel that I am saying that.
That spree could include moves for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, John Stones and Nemanja Matic. Mourinho knows the value of stalwarts within the squad and the hope is that Carrick is afforded another year at United.
The Portuguese boss continued to say that he is “happy, proud and honoured” to be the manager of United and said that he “cannot wait for the 7th July to go onto the pitch”.
Ryan Giggs is set to have crunch talks with Jose Mourinho before deciding his future with Manchester United.
Chelsea fans have taken to social networking site Twitter to give their reaction to the appointment of Jose Mourinho as the Manchester United manager. “I’m looking forward to being their manager and enjoying their magnificent support in the coming years”. He was one of the few success at Chelsea last term in the west London club’s dire title defence.
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United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward hailed his new manager as the “best in the world” – and it was a view echoed by Kenyon, who brought Mourinho to Stamford Bridge in 2004.
