Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho insists that he has not lost his passion for management after 20 years at the top level.
Jose Mourinho says he remains motivated as ever in his quest to win more trophies.
It’s exactly 20 years since the Portuguese manager began his coaching career with native side Benfica.
Mourinho then moved to Uniao de Leiria and Porto, where he won the Champions League, before switching to England.
Successful spells at Chelsea and Inter followed, but his star began to wane at Real Madrid. He won only one league title in three years at the club.
After leaving the Bernabeu, Mourinho endured a mixed spell at Manchester United. He won the EFL Cup and Europa League but struggled to re-establish the Old Trafford giants in the Premier League top four.
Last December, the 57-year-old replaced Mauricio Pochettino as Tottenham boss. The Portuguese tactician now closes in on 1000 games and says he maintains the same appetite for coaching.
“Of course, the colour of my hair is different, and some wrinkles! But I’m the same guy, the same principles, the same passion, nothing at all has changed,” Mourinho told Sky Sports.
“I am the same in my DNA, my principles, I’m the same man – but obviously a big evolution in terms of coaching, in terms of managing players and football teams, and the evolution of everything related to the game.”
“I love everything related to my job. The only thing I don’t enjoy is to lose – I hate to lose – but I know very well that it is part of our job. Everything related to my job is something I love, that’s why I don’t see myself doing another thing in my life.”
“In football I just love everything. If you ask me about everything related to the job, there is nothing I don’t enjoy. Even the problems, the difficulties, are things I enjoy about the job. So the challenge is to be happy, happy, happy, happy!”
Mourinho also spoke on his target for Tottenham which was pretty straightforward.
“Our ambition is to win every match,” he added.
“Our target is to go to every match, thinking and feeling that we go to that match to win. It doesn’t’ matter the competition, the opponent, I want Tottenham to have this level of confidence to go to every match to win.”
Mourinho and Tottenham begin their 2020/21 Premier League campaign with a home fixture against Everton later today.
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