Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho: 'I see myself going into the seventies'
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Updated 02/08/2015 at 10:37 GMT
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has warned his rivals that he will not be retiring from management any time soon, predicting that he will continue “into the seventies”.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho at a press conference
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The Portuguese turned 52 in January and believes that he will be around for the next 20 years if his health permits.
Mourinho was asked by reporters whether he would be in management as long as his rival, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who is 65.
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“I see myself going into the seventies. Not for ever and ever but while my health is good,” he said.
“It is a job where experience is very, very important. With players there is a moment when their experience has a fight with their physical condition.
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (R) and his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger (L) are spoken to by match referee Martin Atkinson during their English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London October 5, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN -
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“With managers, no. Unless you lose your appetite then that is a different story.
“But I see myself now better than I was ten years ago. I am in evolution, not even in stability."
Oldest managers currently in the Premier League:
- Dick Advocaat - 67
- Arsene Wenger - 65
- Louis van Gaal - 63
- Claudio Ranieri - 63
- Manuel Pellegrini - 61
Mourinho also took the opportunity to again emphasise that his appetite remains as big as ever ahead of the upcoming Premier League season.
“Being champion doesn’t change me for bad, it changes me for good and hopefully with the players it is the same thing," he said.
"I want them to feel good not bad. Because we won last season, we do not have space for failure. In preseason we did well in terms of responsibility in the work, discipline in the work, on the pitch, outside the pitch.
“The atmosphere is brilliant and the relations between the players is good ad between the players and me is good.”
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