Report Wire

News at Another Perspective

Mourinho targets long-term success for AS Roma: It is time to work, I’m not right here on vacation

2 min read

Jose Mourinho insisted that he’s not in Italy for a vacation when he was introduced as AS Roma coach, underlining that he needs to construct sustainable success for the membership quite than speeding in direction of ending their trophy drought. Jose Mourinho is employed by AS Roma on a three-year contract (Courtesy: AP)HIGHLIGHTSMourinho was employed in May by AS Roma on a three-year contractRoma completed seventh in Serie A and has not gained a silverware for 13 yearsMourinho memorably led Inter Milan to a treble of titlesJose Mourinho was at his greatest when he was introduced as AS Roma Coach on Thursday. Mourinho’s steely willpower and prickly nature resurfaced when questioned about his obvious slide away from the teaching elite.

“In football the word ‘time’ sometimes does not exist, but in this case it does and that is fundamental,” Mourinho instructed a information convention.“The club does not want success today and problems tomorrow, but a sustainable project for the future. That is the main reason I am here. Now it is time to work. I am not here on holiday,” he added.The former Tottenham supervisor was named as Paulo Fonseca’s successor on the finish of final season after Roma completed seventh in Serie A and failed to finish their 13-year look ahead to silverware.Mourinho was employed in May on a three-year contract. While the Portuguese coach did not suppose he wanted to revive his profession, it was dressing-room apathy and rising disillusionment at his ways but once more that price him his job at Tottenham in April after 17 months on the London membership.“My last three clubs: League title with Chelsea, three cups with (Manchester) United, a final with Tottenham,” he stated. “What others see as a disaster for me, someone else has never done in their life. But that’s how it is, it’s my fault.”Mourinho memorably led Inter Milan to a treble of titles little greater than a decade in the past throughout his solely earlier job in Italy. He additionally loved success at Porto and Real Madrid in addition to Chelsea and United.But he was fired from United in 2018, a yr earlier than being employed by Tottenham.“I am a victim of what I have done, a victim of the way people look at me,” Mourinho stated. “Look, for example, at Manchester United. I won three trophies and it was a disaster. At Tottenham I took them to a cup final — which they didn’t let me play — and it was a disaster. What for me is a disaster, for others is something fantastic.”Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.