News making the rounds however indicate that the former Chelsea coach is only trying to draw some attention to himself away from the Champions League as his team squares up with other lesser known teams in Europe.
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In the ad Manchester United boss and two-time victor of the Champions League, Mourinho, delivers an inspiring address to fans across the globe, urging them to prepare for match night, regardless of what time zone and part of the world they are in.
“In this country the Premier League will always come in front”.
Mourinho’s deal with Heineken confirms the 53-year-old’s status as the highest paid manager in world football with the advertising deal believed to be worth £4 million over two years according to The Telegraph.
“I played semi-finals of the Champions League with an English club and had to play a crucial match in the Premier League two days before”. In England you can not rest players.
“Other countries play Fridays to rest, they play Thursdays to rest”. After crediting the Premier League for being the most competitive he explained how merciless the intensity of the league was for those who participated in Europe’s top competition during the week.
Goals from Diego Milito and Wesley Sneijder in the 86th and 89th minutes gave Inter the win though, and they went on to beat Bayern Munich in the final to become European champions for the first time since 1965.
“Now you have a Friday night fixture, so if an English club is in an (important) Champions League (game) on a Tuesday I’d expect that they would be given the Friday fixture, to have one more day to rest”.
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“If I didn’t win that year then we probably would not have left”. And we would have then won it because we were a very good young team. It was an old team. Also for the fans, because Inter had not been European champion for over 50 years. It was a dream that everyone was chasing. “But for all of them.it was a last chance to reach their dream”.
