What Makes Jose Special?
Jose Mourinho caused a stir when he arrived in the Premiership, with his outspoken point of view and little modesty. He called himself “special” which has lead to the nickname “The Special One”.
As the years have gone by, more criticism has mounted. Whilst Mourinho had a successful period with Porto in Portugal, it is clear that the Portugese league isn’t up there with the greatest leagues in the World, with the toughest competition. Whilst people must admire victory in the Champions League, one can’t help but note Porto progressed past the round of 16 after Manchester United were wrongly disallowed a legitimate goal which would have put them 2-0 at Old Trafford, and after that avoided European giants, in playing Lyon, Deportivo and Monaco to be crowned Champions.
Wenger has gone on to enforce these criticisms today, ahead of the Carling Cup final against Chelsea this weekend. “Plenty of managers have won the Champions League who will not be considered great managers,” said Wenger. “What is important is that you look at their careers in 10, 15 or 20 years. What kind of quality have you brought through in your work and on how consistent a level have you done it? If you would like to compare every manager you give each one the same amount of resources and say: ‘you have that for five years’. After five years you see who has done the most. We played a whole season unbeaten in 2004-05 but you did not see me jumping on the tables every week. Winning the Champions League will not change my life.”
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