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1 May, 9 tweets, 3 min read

Whether it’s winning trophies or making managerial exits, José Mourinho is rarely out of the headlines. We get up close and personal with the former #Spurs boss – and the Times’ latest signing

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“I want to believe that people think I am a very good professional, that I am a person of good will. You get a red card for bad behaviour, that’s fair. I say that I am genuine,” says José Mourinho.

“England is special for football,” he adds. “That was my initial attraction. I made the choice of England for football. In England it is competition at the highest level. That attracted me. It’s all about the pressure. I want it.”

“Sometimes that pressure becomes unbalanced, or out of proportion, but I refuse the opposite! I refuse to go to a country where the pressure doesn’t exist. I refuse!”

Does Mourinho think he is unfairly treated by the media? “Yes, of course.” Why? “I think people have the perception that I’m not the humblest guy. I think people is wrong! I think my nature is really humble.”

I don’t suppose I’ll ever discover if, when we met for our interview five days before he was sacked by Spurs on April 19, Mourinho had any inkling that he was about to be binned, writes Robert Crampton.

Certainly, when we spoke briefly on the phone afterwards, he sounded wounded. “I have no plans,” Mourinho said. “I am going on with my normal life. I feel fresh. I feel calm.”

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Moving on to his role as a pundit this summer, analysing #Euro2020 for @thetimes and @thesundaytimes, there are two reasons why he’s signed up to spend a chunk of his summer doing analysis

“The second part,” he says, putting on his eyes-lowered, humble expression, “is it’s kind of a service to football. Because I don’t have an agenda, I don’t have this need of audience. I go there and I’m just PURE.”

Read the full interview here: thetimes.co.uk/article/jose-m…

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