Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola |
Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola are now back to playing in the same league, this time in they manage two different clubs but rivals in the city Manchester United and Manchester City respectively.
Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola has a history dated back in 2010 where both pairs managed Real Madrid and Barcelona, the rivalry was so intense that they engaged in so many media slurs and at one time Mourinho even poked the eye of Guardiola’s assistant.
Jose Mourinho has hinted that he will not continue the bad blood between Pep Guardiola who once referred to him as ‘the f***ing boss’ insisting it would let down his focus on the title.
While in Spain, Mourinho says he could afford to bash the EX-Barcelona coach because there were no other sharks but in England you can’t take your eye off the prize and just focus all your energy on on opponent this season or it’ll cost you.
According to Daily Mail, Jose Mourinho spoke about the truce with his former rival saying: (What has happened in the past) does not allow me to be innocent. For two years Pep and I were in a league where the champion would be either me or him, Real Madrid or Barcelona.”
Speaking at Lisbon University’s Faculty of Human Kinetics, he added: “In a situation like this, individual fights make sense because they can influence things.
“[But] in the Premier League, if I focus on him and Manchester City, and he on me and Manchester United, someone else is going to win the league.”
Leicester were the shock winners of the latest Premier League title and Mourinho expects the competition to be as fierce as ever next term.
He said: “The level of the Premier League is going to get better with the players and coaches who will come.
“Four champions in four years (Leicester, Chelsea, City and United) shows how competitive it is, and also says a lot about the television rights and its distribution, which will allow the growth of the league and all its teams.
“It is different to other leagues where the sharks will always be sharks.”
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