Mourinho won only 51.2 per cent of his matches at Tottenham and left without lifting a single trophy, albeit he was sacked just days before the 2021 EFL Cup final.
His record in the English top flight before 2015-16 saw him boast a success rate of 69.4 per cent – since then it is just 48.5 per cent.
The 95 points won by Spurs during Mourinho s time at the club was the fourth highest in the Premier League. However, that was 21 fewer than former team Manchester United – Liverpool had 117 and Manchester City were out in front on 130.
Mourinho s teams are supposed to be hard to beat, that had essentially been his unique selling point for years, yet Spurs lost 13 times in 2020-21 under him – it was the worst season he has ever had in that regard.
I make mistakes sometimes, I haven t always chosen the right project, or I may have been misled about the path of some projects. I ve made mistakes or I ve been led in a dishonest way into accepting what I shouldn t have, but in the end it s all the same, Mourinho added.
These aren t my words, they were said by someone who was much more important than me: Whoever has goals and drive, will never grow older.
I still can t believe that I have 30 years of experience in professional football, or that I am 58 years old, because I am always renewing my motivation.
Lately I ve been having very different projects to before. I went to Manchester United in a phrase of transition, not to say decay.
I went to Tottenham who don t have a history of success. Now I go to Roma with new owners, but I immediately felt this empathy with the owners, the director and they straight away reignited the fire and passion I have for my job.
So here I go on another Mission: Impossible. I say impossible because people tend to look at me and in their eyes there s only one way to measure success, which is that I have to win.
I always say that if I were to come to Portugal to coach Belenenses or Gil Vicente, if I didn t win, then I wouldn t call it a success.
