Jose Mourinho has dismissed any ideas of retirement and insisted he’s nonetheless motivated by successful soccer matches.
The Portuguese is now 62 years of age and has been coping with the stresses and strains of entrance line administration for 1 / 4 of a century.
Mourinho has been at Fenerbahce since June 2024 and led the aspect to a second-placed end within the Super Lig, albeit 11 factors behind arch-rivals Galatasaray.
And the previous Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter boss insists he nonetheless has loads of hearth in his stomach.
He advised Canal 11 in Portugal: “What motivates me is the will to win the subsequent match. I actually like what I do. I can’t discover a cause to not proceed, to not really feel younger. I can’t discover a cause to assume my time to stop is coming.
“I’ve the perfect household a coach can have. They maintain motivating me, believing that I’ve so much forward of me and so much to do.”
Mourinho has been recategorised in recent times, from an innovator to somebody who’s now behind the occasions in comparison with the likes of Pep Guardiola and Arne Slot.
And he admits nothing has modified when it comes to his pre-season preparations through the years.
He added: “I don’t see any distinction between Mourinho, which began about 20 years in the past, and Mourinho immediately. The approach I put together for the seasons, my coaching classes, the way in which I expertise coaching, my makes an attempt to empathise with those that work with me… I can’t see any distinction.
“I believe it’s very tough to succeed with out empathy. I all the time recognize it once I’m known as an important communicator, however being an important communicator alone doesn’t carry championships and I’ve gained 26.”
One factor he feels has modified, although, is the barometer by which success is measured.
He mentioned: ”Right now, you might be thought-about the perfect by creating the perfect notion.
“How did you get essential jobs previously? By successful. What about now? Only perceptions… Looking such as you’re successful is extra essential than successful. Things have modified radically.”
