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By Gary Cotterill, Sky Sports News
Last Updated: 09/27/20 6:56 am
These days, of course, José Mourinho is a rooster. As he said on his first day of work, “he wears Spurs pajamas.” But he admits there will always be a place in his heart for another club with a feathered mascot.
“I’m a little magpie,” he says the day Newcastle arrive at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, live Sky Sports.
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José’s soft spot for Newcastle stems from Sir Bobby Robson, his close friend and mentor. A man who is still referred to, out of deference, simply as “Mr. Robson.”
“It’s a club that I feel connected to thanks to Mr. Robson, it’s that simple,” Mourinho said. Sky Sports News. “He had a great passion for Newcastle and his area, Durham. He had it in his heart.
“Then through him I have become a little magpie!”
Wednesday of this week marked the exact day, 20 years ago, that Mourinho first sat on a bench as a coach. He took over at Benfica from Jupp Heynckes on September 23, 2000.
Sir Bobby Robson and Jose Mourinho worked together in Barcelona in the 1996/97 season
While José’s team was beaten 1-0 at Boavista, 800 miles away, Sir Bobby’s team suffered the same fate at home as Charlton. José admits that if things had been a little different, he would have been by Robson’s side that day. He was offered the opportunity to become Sir Bobby’s assistant at St James’ Park.
When asked if he was about to join his old boss in Newcastle, Mourinho smiles.
“More or less, yes,” he said. “But at that point he was already looking in a different direction.
“Mr. Robson always knew that I wanted to give everything he could for him, but at the same time he also knew that I had my eyes in a different direction. But yes, there was a possibility.”
Ironic, then, that St. James’ Park has been an unhappy hunting ground for Mourinho. Until Tottenham’s victory there at the end of last season, they had never won a Premier League match in Newcastle.
“Despite never winning there, I love going there and playing in front of these amazing fans,” he said. Of course, there will be no fans on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Spurs may be at home and may have won three of three in all competitions since the opening day loss to Everton. But Mourinho knows it will be tough this afternoon.
“A difficult match,” he said. “Good job Steve [Bruce] in the transfer window. They have a certain style of play that they are very comfortable with. Right now it’s three points for them and three for us, so it’s a great game. “
Mourinho as Benfica coach in 2000
Mourinho doesn’t think all the uncertainty about Newcastle’s ownership has affected the team on the field. And certainly not your transfer business. Callum Wilson, Ryan Fraser, Jamal Lewis, Jeff Hendrick and Mark Gillespie have joined so far this summer and more spending is expected.
“They managed to get some big players, that’s for sure,” Jose said. “I could even feel Steve’s happiness when he was talking about the new players. It’s been a really good transfer window for them, so I don’t think there was a negative impact.”
Mourinho could feel Bruce’s happiness and I could feel his. It’s clear, after that wave of goals in Southampton last Sunday. I asked him if those performances still excited him.
“Of course. That’s why we work so hard every day. That’s why when things don’t fit together, we feel disappointed and frustrated. So yeah, I’m happy.”
The statue of Sir Bobby Robson outside St James’ Park
You may be happy with the performance of your team, but not with your schedule. It is almost unprecedented in modern football.
Newcastle on Sunday, Chelsea in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, Maccabi Haifa in the Europa League on Thursday and then Manchester United on Sunday. It is a calendar that is a new experience for Mourinho, despite two decades at the top.
“After 20 years I am going to experience something new, which is to play Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday,” he said. “It is something unique. Very difficult to manage because we do not want to throw a competition.”
He is particularly frustrated that the English Football League is not making concessions for Spurs’ commitments in the Europa League.
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“At first I thought, if the Carabao Cup doesn’t interest us, why should we be interested in them?” he said. “I thought about throwing out the competition.
“But no. We want to be respectful of the competition and the history of Tottenham, it was Tottenham’s last cup. So we are going to try to win every game, and that puts us in a situation where we have to take some risks.” . . “
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