Jose Mourinho reveals how long he has left in management
Football
By
Mirror
| May 26, 2017
Jose Mourinho claims he still feels like a 'nobody' at Manchester United but feels he has another 15 years ahead of him as manager.
The Manchester United boss made the sensational claim that he still feels irrelevant in the club's history compared to legendary managers such as Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson.
Despite facing criticism for a large part of the season, Mourinho still managed to end the season with two major trophies and steered his side back into the Champions League following their victory in the Europa League final on Wednesday night.
But despite his success in Stockholm after his side recorded a 2-0 win over Ajax, Mourinho feels he has got a long way to go before he can be recognised as a true United legend.
Mourinho, speaking to Rio Ferdinand in a BT Sport documentary, 'Old Trafford Uncovered', said: “In this club it makes me feel that I did nothing.
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“Especially because you have two legends – many of them, but two [Busby and Ferguson] are legends in terms of titles and trophies. I feel that I am nobody. I always have to prove.
“I just feel that what I did in this club is not enough to be deserve to be here (pointing to a wall with pictures of Ferguson and Busby). That’s why I am there (pointing to a picture of himself on a wall on its own).”
Mourinho, 54, has certainly made his mark throughout his managerial career and his latest success in the Europa League took his tally to 25 trophies in 17 years as a manager.
The Portuguese coach reveals he only feels like his halfway through his career and is planning to carry on managing at the highest level until he reaches 70.
Mourinho added: “I was really lucky in the way my career developed. I played the Spanish derbies, the Italian derbies, the Portuguese derbies, the English derbies, all these country’s cup finals, played for the titles, an amazing experience of life.
“If I finish my career tomorrow I should be very happy with my experience but the problem is my career just reached the halfway stage. I have 15 more years.
“Sometimes when I stop and look back I did a lot of things, I have things that nobody else has. No manager won in Spain, Italy and England. In these three countries I won all the competitions, not just the league.
“For example, when we won against Anderlecht I was told that I equal the record of Sir Alex and [Giovanni] Trapattoni of 10 European semi-finals. They have finished. I still have a chance to get some more semi-finals. So there are things that I’m really proud of.”