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Web3, crypto trader and content creator/ ex mod @dinero_xyz

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

They’re all winners, but what makes 4 of them different is how they win.

HERE IS WHY MOURINHO IS THE PUREST FOOTBALL GENIUS AND THE ONLY BUILDER AMONG THEM.

When a coach takes over a club, I look at their past 3 seasons, but I pay closer attention to the final 2. That gives me a clear picture of the club's state before they arrived.

This is why I don’t rate Pep. Every team he has coached was already dominating their league and Europe before he walked in. At Barca, they won the UCL a season before he arrived. At Bayern, they were the best team in Europe, he actually dismantled that squad and they never reached that level again until he left. He failed there. At Man City, they won 3 league titles in 5 years, finished 2nd and 4th, and reached a UCL semifinal right before he arrived. When Pep got there, he won 3 titles in his first 5 years but couldn't get past the UCL quarterfinals in that same span.

Mourinho is completely different. He consistently overperformed and elevated every club above the standard he met. That’s why he won trophies at clubs that hadn't tasted success in 17, 20, 45, and 50 years.

Let’s start with Porto. Mourinho arrived at a team that had gone 2 seasons without a league trophy. They had qualified for the UEL instead of the UCL because they finished 5th (their first time out of the top spots in a decade). Mourinho started rebuilding, and Porto won the UEL in his first full season, followed by the UCL the next year, ending a 17 year wait for the club. No manager in football history has ever done that. To put it in context, it’s like Aston Villa winning the UCL this season.

Then he moved to Chelsea. He walked into a club undergoing a massive structural transformation in a league dominated by Man Utd and Arsenal. Chelsea went trophyless the season before his arrival, though they did finish 2nd behind Arsenal's Invincibles. In his very first season, Mourinho won the EPL in style, Chelsea's first league title in 50 years, while setting records for the fewest goals conceded and 25 clean sheets in a single season (both records still stand today). He followed that up by winning the EPL back to back.

At Inter, the club had domestic dominance but persistent European underachievements. In the 2 seasons before Mourinho arrived, they were knocked out in the Round of 16 back to back by Valencia and Liverpool. In Mourinho's first season, they were eliminated by Man Utd in the Round of 16. The very next season? He won the UCL, ending a 45 year wait for the club.

At Real Madrid, Mourinho arrived when the club couldn’t get past the Round of 16 for 7 straight years, even after signing Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Benzema. Mourinho stepped in and immediately led them to 3 consecutive UCL semifinals. He shattered Pep’s Barca dominance by winning La Liga with a record 100 points and a record 121 goals, alongside a Copa del Rey, their first in 20 years.

When he came back to Chelsea, he set records by staying top of the table from day one to the last day to win another EPL. At Man Utd, who had qualified for the UEL before he arrived, he won the UEL (something Ferguson failed to do in 4 attempts), added 2 more trophies, and became their most successful manager of the post-Ferguson era. At Spurs, he kept them at the top of the table for 4 months, their longest run in 10 years. And at Roma, he won their first ever European trophy with a negative net spend (they qualified for the UECL before he arrived), then took them to the UEL final the next season.
Xavi’s La Liga-winning Barca and Arteta’s Arsenal, both with much bigger spending budgets, played in that same UEL edition and couldn’t even reach the final but Mourinho did with Roma.

JOSE MOURINHO IS THE GREATEST COACH TO EVER GRACE A FOOTBALL PITCH.

[Duke Dennis 🥷 @FCBDenniss]

bias aside. trophies aside.

between Pep, Mourinho, Ferguson and Luis Enrique… who’s the purest football genius?

no legacy talk. no medal counting. just pure football brain

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

@tobiiihh What did he say?

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

I can swear on my life that he won’t take this job, even if he’s offered billions, because it would expose the fraud he is. Pep has never worked with average players, he is a coach who does more with more. What U.S need is a coach who does more with less.

Unfortunately, international football is not a place where you can just buy players to win trophies.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

U.S. Soccer is expected to make Pep Guardiola a top target to replace Mauricio Pochettino if the USMNT coach leaves for Manchester United, sources briefed on the situation tell The Athletic.

Full story from @PaulTenorio, @henrybushnell and @tombogert: https://t.co/FBC9YtMW7Y

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

Here’s the video,

Mourinho makes you focus. Remember that ball boy at Spurs who quickly set up and gave Aurier the ball for a fast throw-in that resulted in a goal during Mourinho's time there?

So, yes, everyone is part of the team, and this is what Mourinho makes everyone understand.

[Madrid Zone @theMadridZone]

🗣️ John Obi Mikel: “If Jose Mourinho saw a laundry guy laughing and we weren’t winning, he’d tell him off; ‘what’s funny?’.

The laundry man would be thinking I’m not playing, and well, you’re part of the squad, part of the club, you should feel what we’re feeling. And that’s how the mentality was, that’s how competitive it was.”

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

Coaching Real Madrid is not only about tactical skills, it requires an elite coaching pedigree, and being a good communicator, massive psychological resilience, and a deep understanding of the mental side of the game.

If not, be ready to be called ‘training cone’ by the players.

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

🗣️ Courtois: “José Mourinho’s return? I was very happy about his return, it made me excited.

He fills the room. You can feel his presence when he enters the dressing room. We needed something like this.”

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

Mourinho has studied Jude Bellingham personality, Jude is all about self-esteem and self-respect, so he tells him a story that stuck with him. 

For Jude Bellingham to tell this story without anyone asking him shows what it has done to his self-esteem.

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

Mourinho is a psychologist, and this shows in how he handles his players differently. He knows who has a strong mentality, who is emotional, and who has an ego, and he treats them accordingly.

During his second spell at Chelsea, he hardly praised Cesc Fabregas in press conferences, but he always sent him a text message after most matches, to tell things like ‘ I know you’re good but not this good’ I can tell he gives Arda Guler that same Fabregas treatment today.

He understood that Eden Hazard wasn't a good trainer and was a bit egocentric, so he'd always promise him a day off if he had a good game and never got angry at his poor training.

Look at the way he handled Vini today, he understands that Vini is emotional, which is why he's 80% soft and 20% harsh toward him. I bet he wouldn't be that way toward Mbappé or Cucurella, players with a tougher mentality.

He gives each player different treatment based on their personality.

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

He has really developed this season.

[Gill @Gilld]

José Mourinho’s version of Arda Güler.

Confident, fearless, respected.

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

Mourinho’s record

In the 96-year history of La Liga, Real Madrid have reached 30+ points after 12 matches 14 times.

Half of those 14 times(7 times) have happened in the 21st century (as shown in the chart above)

Remarkably, 3 of those 7 instances were achieved under José Mourinho as manager.

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

🚨🗣️ Carlos Espí: “Mourinho is INCREDIBLE. He is very CLOSE and DEMANDING.

He pays so much attention to me. I'm really happy.” @ellarguero

[José Mourinho Show @Jmshow10]

Arda Guler 4 mois sous José Mourinho 🪄:

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

Mourinho has started winning, and you guys are at it again, going from "he’s washed" and "dinosaurs" to this. They have started downgrading what he has achieved so far to just "spending power."

Now, let’s compare what Flick is doing to what Mourinho is doing.

Flick inherited a Barca team that won La Liga two seasons before he arrived, whereas Mourinho inherited a Real Madrid team that had gone two seasons without a trophy. So, basically, Flick inherited a better established team.

Let's look at the financial numbers:

• Barca total signings (2026/2027 expenditure): €174m
• Barca total sales (2026/2027): €89m
• Barca net spend: €85m

• Real Madrid total signings (2026/2027 expenditure): €225m
• Real Madrid total sales (2026/2027): €121m
• Real Madrid net spend: €104m

The difference in both teams' net spend is just €19m.

Now, I don’t even want to talk about the investment Flick had prior to Mourinho’s arrival. Flick has already spent two seasons building his team, giving him a massive advantage, whereas Mourinho has only spent four months with his squad.

[Culemanía @culemanias]

💰Los 70 millones de masa salarial que separan al Real Madrid del Barça: el proyecto de Mourinho se cimienta en la cartera y el de Flick, en la cantera

📈El club madridista prevé 707M€ de gasto en el presupuesto 26-27.

💸El Barça gastará 636M€.
https://t.co/J3fjpL92nQ

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

Endrick needs playing time. He’s good, but it's not bad to be on Madrid's bench. He reminds me of Bale? he's Bale's doppelgänger.

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

🚨💣 BREAKING: Endrick has DECIDED to LEAVE Real Madrid on loan in January. @diarioas

[M A V I X @MavixRMCF]

If FIFA creates a Puskás award for assist, which assist do you think deserves the award?

[José Mourinho Show @Jmshow10]

Mourinho en pleine interview à la télévision espagnole dès 1996.

Mais certains le réduisent encore à un « simple traducteur » au Barça…

À bon entendeur :

[Ororo😎 @McFlybowy]

I think a lot of people don’t understand that one of the most important aspects of coaching is managing players. It’s like 50% of what determines how successful you will be as a manager and how long you will stay in the job.

You can be the most tactically gifted coach in the world, have a brilliant understanding of football, know exactly how you want your team to play and have all the tactical solutions to different problems. But if you cannot manage the personalities in your dressing room, you will eventually struggle.

Footballers are human beings first. They have egos, emotions, ambitions, insecurities and different expectations. Some players need constant encouragement, some need to be challenged, some need to feel trusted, while others need to be held accountable. Understanding how to handle these different personalities is a massive part of management.

Look at what happens when a manager loses the dressing room. It doesn’t matter how good his tactical ideas are, players stop buying into the system, the intensity drops, performances become inconsistent, and eventually the manager loses his job.

This is also why two managers can have almost identical tactical approaches but achieve completely different results with the same group of players. One understands how to get the best out of his players, makes them feel important and gets them to buy into his ideas. The other might be tactically brilliant but struggles to build those relationships.

You also have to understand that managing a big club comes with another layer of responsibility. You have established players who expect to start, young talents who want opportunities, senior professionals who command respect and expensive signings who expect to justify their transfer fees. Keeping all these people motivated and pulling in the same direction is not easy.

Sometimes, the decision that defines a manager’s season isn’t a tactical substitution or a change of formation. It’s how he handles a player who isn’t getting enough minutes, how he responds to a senior player’s frustration or how he deals with a dressing-room disagreement before it becomes a bigger problem.

That is why man-management is not some secondary quality that managers need to have alongside their tactical knowledge. It is central to the job. Tactics might help you win football matches, but your ability to manage people can determine whether you build something sustainable or end up losing your job.

[Ollyx @OnllOlyx2Ollyc2]

Mou has a Degree in Sports Science.He's a whole unit on his own.He had Balotelli,Zlatan,Costa,Players, many tagged difficult.Used to send Benzema on a diet plan. Less injuries in Madrid now?.Yes his degree covers such too.His Chelsea guys became warriors etc .
Vini will be fine.

[ًً @arbeIoas]

i genuinely don’t know whether it’s an ego thing but it’s concerning like you CANNOT be so attached to your own ideas that you become incapable of recognizing when they’re not working broski ✌️your ideas aren’t all that either

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

@hiooElsa Yes, you’re right.

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

Mourinho is a psychologist, and this shows in how he handles his players differently. He knows who has a strong mentality, who is emotional, and who has an ego, and he treats them accordingly.

During his second spell at Chelsea, he hardly praised Cesc Fabregas in press conferences, but he always sent him a text message after most matches, to tell things like ‘ I know you’re good but not this good’ I can tell he gives Arda Guler that same Fabregas treatment today.

He understood that Eden Hazard wasn't a good trainer and was a bit egocentric, so he'd always promise him a day off if he had a good game and never got angry at his poor training.

Look at the way he handled Vini today, he understands that Vini is emotional, which is why he's 80% soft and 20% harsh toward him. I bet he wouldn't be that way toward Mbappé or Cucurella, players with a tougher mentality.

He gives each player different treatment based on their personality.

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

🚨 Marc Cucurella: “José Mourinho sent me an edited picture of my chest with his face tattooed on it.” @tjcope 🤣

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

@bankysux01 Yes, if you add 3 to 1, you get 4, and if you add 2 to 2, it still gives you 4. That’s how different paths can lead to the same result.

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

@EmreBarish Mbappe said something similar after El Classico, he said the team did what Mourinho asked of them and that’s why they succeeded. Nobody follows Mourinho's instructions and fails.

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

@Gilld Yes, and many players he works with share the same opinion. That Inter Milan team shared a deep emotional attachment with Mourinho, just like his first Chelsea squad. I really wish I had witnessed firsthand what made them feel that way about him.

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

The crazy part is that Sneijder had a similar lifestyle to Hazard. Sneijder faced so many difficulties under various coaches until he played under Mourinho, you can see he gave Hazard the exact same treatment he gave Sneijder.

Thanks for this video.

[MAYOR @Mayorofeth]

@Gilld Thanks for this video.