The Tottenham boss says he has accepted his current job knowing he would not be able to match budgets like those of Manchester City and Liverpool
Jose Mourinho admits Tottenham are in a different place financially than Manchester City and Spurs are preparing to take on the Premier League title options this weekend.
The Portugal manager says clubs like Manchester City and Liverpool are working with the Spurs’ different budgets, giving them more opportunities to deal with weaknesses.
Mourinho’s Spurs are currently eighth in the Premier League, four points out of place in the Champions League.
What did Mourinho say?
“Pep [Guardiola] and Jurgen [Klopp] there are, of course, two of the best coaches in the world and the Premier League. They are in two clubs that want to win everything, they want to win everything, and to win everything, you have to have key players in every situation , “he said.
“A team is a puzzle, and that’s what they did and if Pep thought at a certain point that he had to spend that money on defenders, he did that, and Jurgen was feeling the same way as Van Dijk and then when Van Dijk wasn’t enough because he felt another sensitivity, they found Alisson.
“You know, I think that’s something the big clubs with amazing economic potential, they do. Luckily for them, good for them.”
He said: “When I came to the club, the club was very open and very honest with me. I’m not going now to try to compare my situation with other clubs because the club was very open with me. .
“I knew I was going to come to a different reality. A great club, no doubt about that, not one second, but a club with a different image of being or not being a a candidate to win competition A or B, a club that cannot solve problems with a check.
“The club made every effort in the summer to develop the team and I’m not complaining about anything, I’m just doing my job as best I can and that’s it. “
Who signed Tottenham under Mourinho?
The club completed four major moves in the summer, including the likes of Pierre-Emil Hojbjerg, Matt Doherty, Sergio Reguilon and Joe Rodon in the summer for around £ 64 million.
In addition, the club ended a contract to bring Gareth Bale back to the club with the Welsh star returning to Spurs on loan from Real Madrid.
However, Bale ‘s contract has yet to expire because the player has been struggling to influence his return to London.
Mourinho recently fired an injection at Bale, saying that an Instagram post by the promoter was “completely wrong” and that there was a “contradiction between the post and reality” after the post was posted that he had a good training session to have.
According to Mourinho, however, Bale had been asked not to get involved and requested a scan of injuries.