‘ I Work With People I Love’ Mourinho makes veiled dig at Man Utd over ‘internal conflict’

Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he wants to avoid “internal conflict” in his next managerial job in football.

The Portuguese coach was sacked by the Red Devils in December following a 3-1 loss to Liverpool, which saw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer take over the reins as interim manager.

Mourinho reportedly endured a difficult relationship at times with some of United’s hierarchy, especially executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, who helped handle transfers during the 56-year-old’s spell at the club.

“I don’t want an internal conflict,” Mourinho told the Telegraph. “I want internal empathy.

“I want to work in a club that understands there is a structure in place.

“During my career I have been working in every possible circumstance. The most successful situations are not because of the structure but because of the empathy in the structure.”

Mourinho claims his next job could be “a club that is not ready to be a trophy-hunter immediately but with the ambition to be a trophy-hunter.”

That would be a potentially different direction in a career that has taken him to Chelsea (twice), Real Madrid, United and Inter Milan.

“If it is a club without ambition I wouldn’t go,” Mourinho added. “I refused [the job offer] because I want high-level football and ambitions at the highest level.

“That is my second item [of requirement]. My first item is structural empathy. I want to work with people that I love. People I want to work with, that I am happy to work with, with whom I share the same ideas.

“It was what I had at Inter. There are clubs like this. Normally, that is a very important part of a successful club.”

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