'Matured' Mourinho rubbing off on United
Mar 20, 2017 - 5:44 PM Jose Mourinho believes he has matured and is therefore better able to "transmit his serenity" to his Manchester United players.The 54-year-old, who arrived in the Premier League with Chelsea in 2004, has spent almost a decade causing controversy in England, and he twice left the Blues under a cloud.
"Mourinho the man tries to be the opposite of what the manager is," the Portuguese said in a French interview. "He tries to be discreet and calm. To find a way to disconnect.
"I can go home and not watch a football match, not think about football. I can do that. At the start of my career, I couldn't. I was switched on 24 hours a day. I had to find a kind of maturity.
"Today I feel comfortable with my personality as a man. I've matured, I'm more at peace. A win no longer represents the moon to me, and a defeat no longer means hell. And I think I can transmit that serenity to the people who work with me, my players.
"I have the same ambitions as before, the same involvement and the same professionalism. But I am more in control of my emotions."
Mourinho believes he has built successful relationships with his United players, saying: "You have to adapt to a club's reality, needs and demands. That means being intelligent.
"The priority is to establish relationships of love and peace in a group, to create stability. Manchester United no longer has the super personalities that were (Ryan) Giggs, (Paul) Scholes or Roy Keane.
"(Wayne) Rooney and (Michael) Carrick are still here and they are the last remnants of that generation, and then there is a new group of players that has to adapt. That's why it was important for me to bring in Zlatan (Ibrahimovic).
"In this team, and without being English and knowing the culture of the club, he had the personality and profile to be more than just a player."
Source: AAP
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