Fenerbahce Wasn’t On My Level – Mourinho

Benfica manager Jose Mourinho has come out to admit that it was a mistake to join Fenerbahce football club. He recently revealed that the Turkish team wasn’t on his level, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he believes he is a coach who should be managing the biggest teams in the world; therefore, he is very pleased with his new employment as Benfica manager.

Mourinho added that the Portuguese club has been doing a great job in the transfer market and he hopes to put Benfica’s rich squad to good use.

His words, “My career so far has been rich; I’ve coached the biggest clubs in the world, in different countries. I made the wrong choice; sometimes I don’t have the right word in Portuguese… no regrets, because regrets don’t help us at all in life, but the awareness of what we did well and what we did wrong exists.

I made a mistake going to Fenerbahçe; it wasn’t my cultural level, it wasn’t my football level, it wasn’t my level. Obviously, I gave everything until the last day. Obviously, I had to mourn, like Bruno [Lage] is doing now, because nobody likes to leave, but coaching Benfica is returning to my level, and my level is coaching the biggest clubs in the world.

At my previous club, things were easy. I wanted to play with four players, but the club signed five players the day after I left. While I was there, it was impossible to play with four defenders when the team had seven central defenders. And only one winger. I adapt very well to what’s available.

I praised Benfica’s squad and will do so again. If you ask me if I tried to play with words and emotions, to take the pressure off my team and apply that pressure, obviously, I did.

But I don’t take back a word of what I said at the time, that Benfica had done a great job in the transfer market, endowing the team with potential that, perhaps, it lacked last season.

As I said yesterday, I’m better, but I’m not exactly a great example of fair play. When I lose, I bite my fingers. It wasn’t very easy for me to congratulate Benfica, Bruno [Lage], Benfica deserved all of that, I recognize what happened.”

WOW.