MOURINHO SAYS HE WILL NEVER MATCH FERGIE

Last updated : 31 July 2005 By Ed

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"How many championships? Ten and 25 pieces of silverware?

"No, I cannot do this because I won't stay in England so long, and, I think, in modern football you cannot achieve this.

"It is a record only possible in England because it is the only country where a manager can stay for such a long period. If I had stayed at Porto for 20 years I would have won 15 championships.

"But for it to be possible you have to be big and good and successful because at a club like Manchester United you couldn't go three or four seasons without winning trophies.

"So, for him to have been there 19 years, it's because every season it has been silverware, silverware, silverware.

"That makes him a very good manager. And when you go to a certain level it's about passion.

"It's about his passion for football - he loves the game, he loves the club.

"First of all, he must be a great leader. You have to have a special sense to identify the right quality player and to create new talent for the team.

"He has nothing to learn in terms of methodology, tactics and analysing the game, passion and motivation.''