It is scoring more goals than the opponents, conceding less, making your fans proud because you give everything and you win.
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“I am unhappy that we are not in the Champions League”. The issues for Moyes were far worse than expected though and one big signing was never going to be enough to salvage the poor season.
Mourinho told journalists he felt “very well prepared” for the new role but admitted his frustration that the club will not be competing in the Champions League this season.
Mourinho is well aware of the job he is taking on but the super-confident Portuguese is not over-awed by the task of restoring the Red Devils’ fortunes – despite the “disaster” which was the final few months of his Chelsea reign last season.
“One lie, repeated many times, sometimes it looks like it’s true, but it will always be a lie”. I promoted 49 players from the academies from the clubs. This is what I do with myself.
“I would never be able to work without success”. I can’t go there. I don’t want them to finish fourth, this is what I do with myself. When I have the fourth, we can relax and then the window is still open. “The last time I won a title was a year ago, not 10 or 15 years ago”.
Mourinho seemed at his most excited commenting on potential squad changes, saying that United’s third signing – likely to be Borussia Dortmund’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan – “will be official soon”.
Ferguson, who has unlike fellow United legend and director Bobby Charlton always been a fan of the volatile Mourinho, said he hoped Giggs chose his first management job wisely. I am more a manager that likes specialists rather than multi-functional players because I am clear in my approach. When the fourth target is in, we will breathe easily. So if I have a lot to prove, imagine the others.
The former Chelsea manager said he had not prevented Ryan Giggs, who has left the club after 29 years, from staying, adding that he had been offered the chance to remain. This is not a dream job, this is reality – I am Manchester United manager.
” Ryan could have been what he wanted – any important job but he made a decision where you need to be fearless”. He could be what he wanted in the club.
“This is why it is a huge decision for me to step away from the club that has been my life since the age of 14”.
“It is not easy”.
“Some managers, the last time they won a title was 10 years ago.the last time I won was a year ago”, Mourinho said in a dig at Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
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Turning to Rooney, Mourinho suggested the 30-year-old’s future lay up front and not in midfield where England manager Roy Hodgson employed him in a failed experiment at the European Championship in France.
