When Mourinho became the head coach of Tottenham 17 months ago, he seemed to bring a new future for North London.
“I am very happy to join a club with such a great tradition and such enthusiastic fans.” In November 2019, Mourinho became the head coach of Bai Lily. At this time, his prospects for Tottenham are bright.
“The strength of the club’s first team and youth training makes me very excited. Being able to work with these players is what attracts me to coach here.”
After a disastrous season for Manchester United, the 58-year-old “most special” coach seems to be reborn. In Manchester United’s last season, his conflict with the Red Devils players Luke Shaw and Pogba ruined the halo of honor he had brought to the club. While coaching Manchester United, he led the team to win the English Football League Cup and the Europa League, and in his first season in office, he led the Red Devils to the Premier League runner-up.
Mourinho is a star in the Tottenham documentary “Desperate”, and his winning mentality aroused the enthusiasm of the fans. However, just like his past coaching experience, he was dissatisfied with the team’s management style to some players. In the Tottenham documentary, he focused on the quarrel with player Danny Rose.
When the fans’ favorite player Ali became the marginal figure of the team, the Portuguese coach began to be attacked by the fans.
Therefore, we analyzed in depth the reasons for Mourinho’s failure at Tottenham:
1. A very controversial coach appointment
From the beginning, Tottenham fans have been skeptical of the club’s decision to appoint a head coach that is already somewhat outdated in football.
Bai Lily’s former coach, Pochettino, is very popular among the fans. He not only led the team to the top four of the Premier League (the Premier League ranked ahead of North London’s arch-rival Arsenal), but also led the team to the Champions League final.
Although Tottenham had a terrible start to the 2018-19 season, it seems unlikely to fire the Argentine coach. But unfortunately, in the end Pochettino was forced to dismiss get out of class, and then Mourinho took office as the new coach of Tottenham.
During Mourinho’s tenure as Manchester United coach and when he was in charge of Chelsea, his tactics were more biased towards defensive counterattacks, and the current mainstream trend in football is offensive football. Under such circumstances, Tottenham fans have to wonder whether the club’s hiring Mourinho was a wrong decision.
2. Conflicts in the dressing room
This is a classic strategy used by Mourinho to manage the team. He requires players to work hard for him on and off the court. This may be a means to inspire the stars to perform at their best.
When coaching Chelsea, Mourinho had conflicts with Joe Cole and Hazard, and when he was the coach of Real Madrid, Ronaldo had also been criticized by Mourinho. Mourinho asked the Portuguese stars to play. China must withdraw to help the team defend. Not to mention Pogba, the Manchester United midfielder said in a recent interview that he has been severely treated by Mourinho in the past.
Mourinho’s player management model has been continued in Tottenham. When Tottenham defender Rose was excluded from the team’s roster, he went to Mourinho’s office to find out why, but the communication between the two eventually ended in a quarrel.
Another notable example is Ali. In the first training session after Mourinho took office, Mourinho asked the England midfielder, “Are you Ali or Ali’s brother?” Because Mourinho thought he didn’t see Ali put out a Premier League first-class The state a star should have.
In Mourinho’s first eight games with Tottenham, Ali scored eight goals, but then his state began to decline, so he was also excluded from the team’s roster. The “lazy” Ali never got a chance again. At the transfer window in January, he even had a scandal with Ligue 1 hegemon Paris Saint-Germain.
The conflict between Ali and Mourinho may be the most concerned by the outside world, but the fact is that players such as Auriye, Ndombele, Bale, Alder Verel and others have had conflicts with Mourinho.
“The Sun” exclusively disclosed that before Mourinho was fired, some players ran to Levi to complain about Mourinho.
3. Disagreements with the club’s senior management
When Mourinho first became the Tottenham coach, we can see how interesting he and Levi got along.
In the club he has coached before, Mourinho has a lot of disposable funds in the transfer window, but Levi is known for his caution in the transfer market. In the transfer window last summer, the relationship between the two began to crack. According to reports, Mourinho wanted to bring in Thomas Meunier, the Belgian right-back of Paris Saint-Germain, but the “Team Daily” revealed that Levi had different opinions on this, and Meunier joined the Bundesliga with a free transfer. Giants Dortmund.
It is reported that Mourinho does not want to loan Bale, he prefers the club to spend money to sign a central defender.
4. Unsightly games
It is easy to forget that Mourinho led Tottenham to the top of the Premier League standings in December last year. In the first 11 games, Tottenham beat Manchester United 6-1 and beat Manchester City and Arsenal 2-0. Although the start record is good, Mourinho is still criticized for his too pragmatic football style, he always let the team maintain possession of the ball, and then let Kane and Sun Xingmin give a fatal blow.
In this regard, Mourinho responded in an interview with Sky Sports: “If they don’t want to watch it, then don’t watch it. It’s that simple.”
“In the past few months, I have become an expert in this area. Even if I disagree with them, I will respect them.”
However, Tottenham’s over-dependence on Kane and Sun Xingmin eventually came back to the team.
Tottenham fell into a terrible state. In the Europa League knockout round, although Bai Lily achieved a 2-0 lead in the first leg, it was reversed 3-0 by Dinamo Zagreb in the second leg. After being eliminated, Mourinho’s coaching position is in jeopardy.
5. Condemnation from the fans
Although Mourinho led Tottenham to the League Cup final, and their last domestic final was in 2015, Tottenham fans still believe that they are right to ask for the dismissal of Mourinho.
Poor game results, conservative tactics…These are not what Tottenham should have, and the disgraceful elimination in the Europa League has caused Tottenham fans to start calling the club’s bosses and demanding the dismissal of the employer coach Mourinho.
Former Tottenham player Jamie O’Hara said in an interview with Sky Sports that a 0-3 loss to Dinamo Zagreb in the away game was enough for the club to fire Mourinho. His statement also angered Mourinho’s supporters.
In addition, he also added: “One game can save the season’s failure, they must beat Manchester City in the League Cup final.” Unfortunately, Mourinho has no such opportunity.
Right now, the former Tottenham youth team player Mason will lead the team to continue playing for the rest of the season. Next season, Tottenham hopes to hire Chris Powell as the team’s coach.
Now, Spurs need to be desperate for this season.
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