I hate him at times but I have to say I pissed meself laughing both of the things he said about Ranieri; 'How old is he anyway? He must be 70,’ Mourinho replied, thereby unwittingly confirming Ranieri’s argument. ‘No wonder his teams are like antiques,’ he added. ‘I studied Italian for five hours a day for several months to be able to communicate with you journalists and with the fans,’ he said, ‘and you think that I lacked respect for you? Then you speak about Ranieri, who after five years in England had trouble saying good morning and good afternoon?’
Everyone is talking about his Raineiri comments and not that fact that they lost the match, just as he wanted...
That's Mourinho, deflects the attention away from his players to take the pressure off them and bring it on himself. Classic pyschological warfare he plays and he is good at it unfortunately.
Exactly . Very good at it . I too like him when it pleases me . Read graham hunter piece saying that a jurno at a press confrence asked him if he was the best coach and he said " Im not sure If im the best but I know there are none better". The jurno asked him was this not arrogant and he replied "are you not the best at what you do?" jurno said no there are a few better , so jose says "well I could not work with you so" .
But trading insults is not Mourinho’s exclusive preserve. When he boasted Inter could have beaten little Catania by five or six goals, their chief executive Pietro Lo Monaco had his own riposte. ‘Put plainly and simply,’ he said, ‘Mourinho is the kind of man who deserves to be smashed in the teeth with a club.’ the guy hasnt lost his ability to p@ss people off and make them lose their heads lmao.