Jose Mourinho has seemingly aimed yet another sly dig at Manchester United by suggesting he has never been expected to lift trophies at his previous clubs.
The 59-year-old is preparing his Roma side for a Europe Conference League final against Feyenoord next week. Speaking to the media ahead of the showdown, he explained how he had previously been employed by clubs where trophies were not expected.
United have failed to win silverware since Mourinho led them to victory in the Community Shield, League Cup and Europa League in the 2016/17 season. Despite his success, he would be sacked in December 2018 after a torrid start to the season.
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Ahead of Roma's European final, Mourinho looks to have aimed another dig at United. When asked about Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti’s time at Everton, Mourinho implied that Ancelotti was always going to struggle to live up to expectations at Goodison Park. He then went on to suggest he was never expected to lift trophies with some of his former employers, potentially referring to United's dramatic fall from grace following the 2013 departure of Sir Alex Ferguson.
“I believe that the problem with Carlo Ancelotti was that when you coach Everton you are not about to win the Champions League,” he said, as quoted by the Daily Mail. “And with me, you know, people they saw me taking up jobs where they thought that I could win trophies but they were not jobs where we were expected to lift trophies.
“But when you have such a winning career on a cyclical basis so to speak, you can expect that, people can say that.” Mourinho has won two Champions Leagues and four World’s Best Club Coach awards in his glittering managerial career.
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