Having already claimed his first trophy in his dream job as Manchester United gaffer, there’s been much to distract United fans from a pretty mediocre Premier League campaign to date.
Whilst the Red Devil’s undeniably looks a far closer incarnation to any of the great Fergie sides of the past, there’s much to do if the Portuguese boss is going to emulate the great Sir Alex at Old Trafford any time soon.
Monumental task or not, it hasn’t stopped a cheeky member of ESPN from asking the two-time Champions League winner if he’d be up for leading the Selecao one day. A convo that led to Mourinho unravelling a brutal dig at the international scene, namely the European Qualifiers and their inferiority to the South American equivalent – Which we must admit seem like an absolute hoot.
Jose respectfully begins with;
“I think after Manchester United I need an easier job, and coaching the Brazilian national team would be harder,” he said. “Obviously it would be great, any coach would want to work in the best teams and national teams.
“Brazil is definitely a success leader, regardless of the generation, there is always talent there. But I have to confess it must be difficult.
“There is a coach inside every Brazilian. In every journalist, there is a coach better than the coach. I think it must be a country that’s hard to work, but also exciting. But I recognise that the Brazilian national team is for a Brazilian coach.”
Before the former Real Madrid boss wades in with:
“The European qualifiers make me angry, The South American qualifiers excite me. I enjoy football taken seriously, not for fun.
In the South American qualifiers, football is serious, there are a lot of good teams, on similar levels. Even those who aren’t as strong as the others find some way to create difficulties.
In Europe, the qualifiers are a joke. We qualify and who doesn’t goes straight to the playoffs, where there is a brutal difference between the teams. In South America, the qualification stage is a true competition that lasts two years.”
Jose may contribute his fair share of managerial nonsense to proceedings, however, it’s difficult to disagree that the Euro qualifying portion of the World Cup are an undeniable bore-fest whenever they lurk their ugly head.
In comparison, just have a look at the state of the South American rollercoaster equivalent, namely poor old Argentina who are in serious danger of not featuring at Russia 2018.
