Jose Mourinho: Why I can be arrogant as a manager!

JOSE MOURINHO reckons he is ‘arrogant’ when it comes to one thing - setting targets.

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Jose Mourinho is a highly ambitious manager

The Portuguese tactician has lifted the league title in each of his first seasons as a manager of the clubs he has presided over.

Mourinho and the Manchester United fans have sky-high ambitions this season.

And he even admits sometimes he goes a bit too far when it comes to establishing aims.

“I’m a bit stupid, maybe arrogant, on establishing targets,” Mourinho told Sport Magazine

“The most stupid of all is to say I want to win every match, I want to win every competition. Impossible. Impossible.

“But it is a good way to establish targets with the players. We know we are not going to win every game, we know we are not going to win every competition – but let’s still establish that objective, and in the end of the season we will see.

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“Speaking in a pragmatic way, we need to improve. 

“To change, to transform a team that had certain qualities, certain principles. This takes time, but hopefully not too long because the competition is hard – if you need months and months to bring a team to a positive level, then you lose the first season. 

“I think we are not in condition to lose completely this first season – we must get something.”

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