Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho claims this season has been the hardest of his managerial career
JOSE MOURINHO says he has worked harder this season than at any time in his managerial career.
The Special One claims that getting Manchester United back on the road to glory has proved tougher than anything he faced when he made his name at Porto and went on to Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
Jose Mourinho shows his relief at getting through to the Europa League finalAP:Associated Press
Mourinho said: “I probably work, this season, harder than ever.”
Asked why he added: “The players and the club. Sometimes you get into big clubs in difficult moments and the work is harder than at a smaller club in a moment of positive explosion.
Mourinho was put through the wringer on the Old Trafford touchlineAP:Associated PressUnited suffered a tense last ten minutes against Celta VigoReuters
“It’s been a very hard season.
“Some of the work has been invisible to your eyes. But when I analyse my work, I analyse my work in the globality because better than anyone I know what I did, I know what I had to do.”
What he has done is deliver the Community Shield, EFL Cup and has now booked United a place in their first European Final for six years.
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With that Mourinho says he has achieved more than any first time manager at Manchester United.
While the Premier League campaign may have been a let down for some he can also point to a club record 25 game unbeaten run inside a single season.
He said: “We won a League Cup. We won a Community Shield.
Emotion poured out of Mourinho as United scraped through to the finalPA:Press AssociationMourinho has endured a tough year living out of a hotelRex Features
“The injuries arrived, we fought for the Premier League top four. We had a fantastic record of 25 matches.
“We did things in this club that nobody did in the first season. Like winning a trophy, like having the unbeaten record of Manchester United in the Premier League.
“Like reaching a European final. We have these things.”
United face Tottenham on Sunday with Mourinho admitting he is going to rest players in his final three league games ahead of the Europa Final.
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