Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho is an enigmatic and extremely intelligent individual, a man who understands how to play with the media and with people’s minds. He is good and evil in equal measures – the master motivator and the master baiter.
Jose Mourinho has his faults – but just one glance at what he says to the press (see Jose Mourinho’s quotes) tells you that he is constantly pushing people around him and the rules in order to get what he wants. He is driven by a hunger to succeed that is seldom seen in even the best of people and it’s that winning habit that he manages to empower his players with.
Jose Mourinho – a man who wins titles, consistently. How many other managers can say that?
Who will eventually step up when Sir Alex Ferguson steps down?
One day, there will be somebody other than the Scot commanding Manchester United from the dug-out. It would sound impossible to many fans of this club, but it is the absolute truth. After such a long service at Old Trafford, the 68 year-old legend can’t go on forever. However, all the fans of Manchester United,…
Is Raul’s departure symbolic of Mourinho’s arrival at Madrid?
The emotional scenes from the Bernabeu of Raul’s departure would lead you to believe that the decision to leave, most likely to German club Schalke, was a far from mutual decision. The reaction of the Spanish press would be better spared for the day Raul retires from football which is arguably only two or three…
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Mario Balotelli?
Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli is a child of our footballing times. Like so many of the new breed of brattish ‘starlets’, he is self-entitled, egotistical, petulant, immature, head-strong and existing on a financially skewed tangent of reality without any decisive measure of his burgeoning talents other than his ridiculously inflated salary. However, unlike the…
World Cup News: Don’t Blame Jermain Defoe, He Wasn’t There!
Good morning my dears, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. No action to report. STOP. Please send biscuits. STOP Here’s your round-up of all the World Cup-related goings-on this fine morrow… (If you would like to subscribe to this column – and others like it on Soccerlens – then please feel…
Transfer Rumours: Ballack Out, Schweinsteiger In At Chelsea?
Chelsea are featuring heavily in the gossip columns this morning, with the news that a couple of their highest-profile players are almost certain to be ushered out of Stamford Bridge this summer after failing to sway owner Roman Abramovich with their hard-ball contract demands. Here’s the best of today’s rumour-tism… Premier League Chelsea have decided…
“Today my career ends because after you, I can’t have another manager” – Materazzi on Mourinho
While the rest of the footballing world prepares for the month-long festival in South Africa, José Mourinho of Real Madrid CF needs to assemble a side to bring back glory to the Estadio Bernabeu faithful. There have been rumours that Maicon may follow his former manager to Madrid. According to Mourinho, his former players at…
World Cup Preview Part 1: Rooney’s Metatarsal, Dunga’s Demise and French Revolution!
Now I can point to endless articles I have written on here that have been so on the money, in terms of their predictions/forecasts, that it’s scary! Only recently I predicted the demise of Benitez and that Chelsea would win the PL. I have also clearly pointed out that Mourinho is a lucky wanker, Wenger…
Podcast: World Cup tips, Mourinho’s wish list and United’s transfer worries
Host Adrian Clarke is joined by guest pundit Iain Macintosh for a rip-roaring end of season episode of the Soccerlens Podcast. The dynamic duo (in the absence of a beach bound Iain Spragg) debate who will become Inter’s next boss, the names Jose Mourinho will have at the top of his Bernabeu shopping list and…
The Special One – El Especial
Jose Mourinho has enjoyed what is arguably his most successful year in managerial football with a treble in the Serie A. Inter Milan enjoyed an unprecedented rout of silverware under the keen eye of ‘the special one’, who will now head west, to the city of Madrid, to hopefully enjoy a similar success that the…
TFT Episode 51: End of Season Bonanza
Ah, the end of another football season in Europe. Across the continent, league titles have been decided, champions crowned and the transfer market is slowly [...]
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