The magic number today is 24. That's the number of managers that have occupied the Managerial seat at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium since Sir Alex Ferguson took the respective seat at Old Trafford. 16 since Wenger took over at Arsenal. This is including the two Don Fabio spells.
So why is Mour's accession to the Galacticos throne inevitable?
To have conquered Portuguese, English and Italian football in so short a time indicates a mighty talent, and now Spain beckons. José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is expectedly set to join Real Madrid. His club football track record has been exceptional. The Portuguese tactician has won six league titles and two Champions League crowns in the 10 years he has been a manager. His brilliant planning and organization, as well as an inspirational quality has prompted Real President Florentino Pérez to run straight to his doorstep. Massimo Moratti, the Internazionale president, has all but accepted defeat in his attempts to keep José Mourinho at San Siro. Mourinho is contracted to the Nerazzurri until June 2012 but can exercise a clause in his deal to depart this summer.
"I want to become the only coach to win the Champions League with three different clubs. I'm not leaving Inter, I'm leaving Italy," Mourinho said after Inter's 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich. "The Champions League I won at Porto was my last game there and this time it will almost certainly be my last game for Inter," he added. He has given his clubs what they craved and will now have the chance to manage Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká.
Love him or hate him, Jose has managed to prolong his 15 minutes. He can put his money where his mouth is. Some Inter fans are upset with him for the timing of his comments wishing to leave amidst their stunning treble success and feel he has stolen the limelight from the team. So will he Cool the ever Real Hotseat? Is he going to slowdown the managerial revolving door? Only time will tell. But my money is on 'the special one'......but what do I know, I'm just a frustrated Arsenal fan.
2 comments:
Sami podolwski advises that madristas hate defensive football. They will run Mourinho out of town. Remember what they did to a successful capello for employing Claude 'backpass' makelele. Dancing ndombolo around the center of the pitch is not the madristas idea of football. Should Mourinho attempt a flavor of Wengerism, he is surely bound to fail.
I beg to differ JM is a winner and if you listened to his press confrence he clearly stated " if my team is one man down, i will have no other option but to play defensive". In no way can he be compared to boring cappelo, watch out for success Barca days are over.
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