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They’re all winners, but what makes 4 of them different is how they win. HERE IS WHY MOURINHO IS THE PUREST FOOTBALL GENIUS AND THE ONLY BUILDER AMONG THEM. When a coach takes over a club, I look at their past 3 seasons, but I pay closer attention to the final 2. That gives me a clear picture of the club's state before they arrived. This is why I don’t rate Pep. Every team he has coached was already dominating their league and Europe before he walked in. At Barca, they won the UCL a season before he arrived. At Bayern, they were the best team in Europe, he actually dismantled that squad and they never reached that level again until he left. He failed there. At Man City, they won 3 league titles in 5 years, finished 2nd and 4th, and reached a UCL semifinal right before he arrived. When Pep got there, he won 3 titles in his first 5 years but couldn't get past the UCL quarterfinals in that same span. Mourinho is completely different. He consistently overperformed and elevated every club above the standard he met. That’s why he won trophies at clubs that hadn't tasted success in 17, 20, 45, and 50 years. Let’s start with Porto. Mourinho arrived at a team that had gone 2 seasons without a league trophy. They had qualified for the UEL instead of the UCL because they finished 5th (their first time out of the top spots in a decade). Mourinho started rebuilding, and Porto won the UEL in his first full season, followed by the UCL the next year, ending a 17 year wait for the club. No manager in football history has ever done that. To put it in context, it’s like Aston Villa winning the UCL this season. Then he moved to Chelsea. He walked into a club undergoing a massive structural transformation in a league dominated by Man Utd and Arsenal. Chelsea went trophyless the season before his arrival, though they did finish 2nd behind Arsenal's Invincibles. In his very first season, Mourinho won the EPL in style, Chelsea's first league title in 50 years, while setting records for the fewest goals conceded and 25 clean sheets in a single season (both records still stand today). He followed that up by winning the EPL back to back. At Inter, the club had domestic dominance but persistent European underachievements. In the 2 seasons before Mourinho arrived, they were knocked out in the Round of 16 back to back by Valencia and Liverpool. In Mourinho's first season, they were eliminated by Man Utd in the Round of 16. The very next season? He won the UCL, ending a 45 year wait for the club. At Real Madrid, Mourinho arrived when the club couldn’t get past the Round of 16 for 7 straight years, even after signing Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Benzema. Mourinho stepped in and immediately led them to 3 consecutive UCL semifinals. He shattered Pep’s Barca dominance by winning La Liga with a record 100 points and a record 121 goals, alongside a Copa del Rey, their first in 20 years. When he came back to Chelsea, he set records by staying top of the table from day one to the last day to win another EPL. At Man Utd, who had qualified for the UEL before he arrived, he won the UEL (something Ferguson failed to do in 4 attempts), added 2 more trophies, and became their most successful manager of the post-Ferguson era. At Spurs, he kept them at the top of the table for 4 months, their longest run in 10 years. And at Roma, he won their first ever European trophy with a negative net spend (they qualified for the UECL before he arrived), then took them to the UEL final the next season. Xavi’s La Liga-winning Barca and Arteta’s Arsenal, both with much bigger spending budgets, played in that same UEL edition and couldn’t even reach the final but Mourinho did with Roma. JOSE MOURINHO IS THE GREATEST COACH TO EVER GRACE A FOOTBALL PITCH.

I can swear on my life that he won’t take this job, even if he’s offered billions, because it would expose the fraud he is. Pep has never worked with average players, he is a coach who does more with more. What U.S need is a coach who does more with less. Unfortunately, international football is not a place where you can just buy players to win trophies.

Here’s the video, Mourinho makes you focus. Remember that ball boy at Spurs who quickly set up and gave Aurier the ball for a fast throw-in that resulted in a goal during Mourinho's time there? So, yes, everyone is part of the team, and this is what Mourinho makes everyone understand.

Coaching Real Madrid is not only about tactical skills, it requires an elite coaching pedigree, and being a good communicator, massive psychological resilience, and a deep understanding of the mental side of the game. If not, be ready to be called ‘training cone’ by the players.

Mourinho has studied Jude Bellingham personality, Jude is all about self-esteem and self-respect, so he tells him a story that stuck with him.  For Jude Bellingham to tell this story without anyone asking him shows what it has done to his self-esteem.

He has really developed this season.

Mourinho’s record In the 96-year history of La Liga, Real Madrid have reached 30+ points after 12 matches 14 times. Half of those 14 times(7 times) have happened in the 21st century (as shown in the chart above) Remarkably, 3 of those 7 instances were achieved under José Mourinho as manager.

Mourinho has started winning, and you guys are at it again, going from "he’s washed" and "dinosaurs" to this. They have started downgrading what he has achieved so far to just "spending power." Now, let’s compare what Flick is doing to what Mourinho is doing. Flick inherited a Barca team that won La Liga two seasons before he arrived, whereas Mourinho inherited a Real Madrid team that had gone two seasons without a trophy. So, basically, Flick inherited a better established team. Let's look at the financial numbers: • Barca total signings (2026/2027 expenditure): €174m • Barca total sales (2026/2027): €89m • Barca net spend: €85m • Real Madrid total signings (2026/2027 expenditure): €225m • Real Madrid total sales (2026/2027): €121m • Real Madrid net spend: €104m The difference in both teams' net spend is just €19m. Now, I don’t even want to talk about the investment Flick had prior to Mourinho’s arrival. Flick has already spent two seasons building his team, giving him a massive advantage, whereas Mourinho has only spent four months with his squad.

Endrick needs playing time. He’s good, but it's not bad to be on Madrid's bench. He reminds me of Bale? he's Bale's doppelgänger.

The crazy part is that Sneijder had a similar lifestyle to Hazard. Sneijder faced so many difficulties under various coaches until he played under Mourinho, you can see he gave Hazard the exact same treatment he gave Sneijder. Thanks for this video.

I even said something similar this morning before this came out, like Fabregas always says, 'Mourinho knows how to get into your brain. This is a psychological way to prepare Endrick from the bench and make him feel important to the team. In Mourinho’s press conferences, he talks about the players on the bench even when journalists don’t ask about them. So, when you see Madrid pulling off 5 remontada this season and sliding in unbelievable tackles, just know that these little gestures from Mourinho play a huge role. Players whose coach makes them feel like an important part of the team, even from the bench, hit differently than players who just sit on the bench at other clubs. You really won't understand how these little gestures from Mourinho help prepare a player like Endrick when they come off bench.

Mourinho is a psychologist, and this shows in how he handles his players differently. He knows who has a strong mentality, who is emotional, and who has an ego, and he treats them accordingly. During his second spell at Chelsea, he hardly praised Cesc Fabregas in press conferences, but he always sent him a text message after most matches, to tell things like ‘ I know you’re good but not this good’ I can tell he gives Arda Guler that same Fabregas treatment today. He understood that Eden Hazard wasn't a good trainer and was a bit egocentric, so he'd always promise him a day off if he had a good game and never got angry at his poor training. Look at the way he handled Vini today, he understands that Vini is emotional, which is why he's 80% soft and 20% harsh toward him. I bet he wouldn't be that way toward Mbappé or Cucurella, players with a tougher mentality. He gives each player different treatment based on their personality.

Seeing Arda Guler get his praise is what I love to see. He’s the salt of the Madrid team, adding a lot of creativity and balance.

This is how to do it. Even if you're going to lie, lie to protect your teammates. I like players who are emotionally intelligent, and Cucurella seems to be one. Even when Vini isn't at 10% of his best form, he still deserves respect.