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José Mourinho (Getty Images)
Jose Mourinho has continued his war of words with Jurgen Klopp after a disagreement on the touchline at Anfield when claiming the Liverpool manager was not a worthy winner of FIFA best manager award.
Son Heung-min won the Puskas award at Thursday night’s Best FIFA Football Awards, where Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp won the gong for best manager.
The Portuguese said he believes Bayern Munich’s Hansi Flick was a worthy winner.
“I think the only chance that Flick will win is for Bayern to find two or three new competitions for him to win,” he said.
“So maybe if he wins seven titles in one season, maybe he will win the award.
“I think he only won the Champions League, Bundesliga, Pokal, the name of his cup, the European Cup, the German Super Cup … he only won five. And the biggest of all.
“Poor Flick. I think the only chance is that Bayern will find two or three more trophies to see if they can win it.”
Mourinho also added that he is not interested in how he is perceived as his approach to the games is under increased scrutiny for allowing opposition teams to have possession and territory and hit them at halftime.
It worked against Manchester City and Arsenal and came close to landing their biggest prize yet in Liverpool on Wednesday, but Spurs were not clinical on goal and succumbed to a late 2-1 defeat.
Despite his criticism, Mourinho has guided Spurs to second place in the Premier League and they rank ahead of Manchester United, City, Chelsea and the Gunners.
The Portuguese says there may have been a time when his public perception mattered to him, but not anymore.
When asked if he was frustrated with how he looked, Mourinho replied, “No, that’s fine with me. I’m not working on finding any recognition.
“Okay, 15 years ago when I arrived and I was probably a little too arrogant for what you were used to, maybe yes, maybe I was. But I’m not.
“I work for my club, I work for my players. I try to give happiness to the people who love my club where I work.
“I am very ambitious, that did not change at all. I think you can still read on my face that losing hurts the same, nothing changes.
“But that situation of seeking some recognition? That’s not for me. I don’t care.”
Mourinho, with his sharp tongue and his penchant for controversy, has always monopolized the column by inches, but he assures that the media are responsible for creating a narrative.
“If you write, you don’t need to ask me,” he said in response to the question whether it was unfair.
“If you want to write an article like you said, your words are not mine, ‘Man City is not playing well, Chelsea is not playing well, it is not fair for people to criticize you.’
“If you write that in an article, people read, you change the perception and you don’t need to ask me that question.
“I think your question already shows that you don’t look at me the same way that you look at others. Because if you look at me the same way you look at others, you would simply write an article.”
– TEAMtalk Media
