No new leaf for Mourinho. Carrying on playing the frightful bore he became in the last few years. Expect fun, the odd poke in the eye and, sooner or later, the inevitable crash and burn at the Swamp.
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Jose Mourinho says the Premier League may be too competitive for Pep Guardiola
New Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho thinks his Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola may struggle to adapt to the Premier League.
The duo were fierce rivals a few years ago, while they were battling for the La Liga title during the period when Mourinho was in charge of Real Madrid and Guardiola was top man at Barcelona.
And their duel has now moved to Manchester, the big-name bosses having taken charge at United and City this summer.
Improved relations do not seem to be a priority for Mourinho, who suggested at his Old Trafford unveiling that Guardiola, who has just finished a stint with Bayern Munich, may be caught out by the competitive nature of the Premier League title race.
"I don't think he is right in this country," said Mourinho
"One thing is, you are in a competition like I was in Spain, which was a two-horse race. Now it has become three [following the rise to prominence of Atletico Madrid], but at the time it was just two.
"Or, when I was in Italy, there were three teams fighting for the title
"Then, it makes sense, that kind of approach. In the Premier League, it does not make sense.
"It does not make sense at all because, if you focus too much on one team, on one opponent, the other ones will be laughing, the other ones will be so happy with that."
But Mourinho added that he was not overly concerned about City in any case, in the belief that United are too big a club to be focusing on just one other side.
"I am not going to be part of it," he said.
"I am Man United manager. With all the respect to all the other clubs in the country, especially one that was my house for seven years [Chelsea] and where I shared so many incredible moments with their fans, I have to say that I am the manager of the biggest club in the UK.
"So, I don't have to be looking to the others so much, and I am going to focus on ourselves and our job."