Tag: Mourinho

Ferguson? Guardiola? Mourinho? Ranking the best managers in Premier League history
25 August 2026 Off

Ferguson? Guardiola? Mourinho? Ranking the best managers in Premier League history

By Total Football News

1. Sir Alex Ferguson. Title winner 1992-93, 93-94, 95-96, 96-97, 98-99, 99-2000, 2000-01, 02-03, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09, 10-11, 12-13

The first two decades of the Premier League were dominated by one man.

Sir Alex Ferguson won 13 titles and was able to continuously rebuild his side in order to keep Manchester United at the top of English football – from Eric Cantona to the ’99 Treble winners, and later that

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Portsmouth: Who Needs Mourinho? podcast – A loss that ‘really stings’
23 September 2025 Off

Portsmouth: Who Needs Mourinho? podcast – A loss that ‘really stings’

By Total Football News

“There are no easy games in the Championship but there are easier games. This was one of the easier games and Pompey ultimately blew it.”

BBC Radio Solent’s Chris Wise and Andy Moon discuss a poor home defeat to a struggling Sheffield Wednesday side and the difficulties Pompey’s building injury list currently pose.

Listen to the full episode of Who Needs Mourinho? and more Portsmouth content on BBC Sounds.

This …

Portsmouth FC: Listen to latest episode of Who Needs Mourinho? podcast
14 May 2025 Off

Portsmouth FC: Listen to latest episode of Who Needs Mourinho? podcast

By Total Football News

‘Have the club made the right calls, plus what does the summer recruitment look like?’

In the final Who Needs Mourinho? of the season, Chris Wise, Andy Moon and Guy Whittingham look at Pompey’s retained list.

Were the club right to release Kusini Yengi and keep Zak Swanson?

There’s also your questions answered in Moon’s Musings.

Click here to listen to BBC Radio Solent’s Who Needs Mourinho podcast via BBC

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Man Utd vs Fenerbahce: Jose Mourinho quips United could get 2018 Premier League title amid Man City case
23 October 2024 Off

Man Utd vs Fenerbahce: Jose Mourinho quips United could get 2018 Premier League title amid Man City case

By Total Football News

It was part of a 20-minute exchange that was typical of the kind of magnetism Mourinho still holds.

In praising United for keeping faith with current manager Erik ten Hag during the present difficult spell, Mourinho managed to refer back to his own dismissal in December 2018 after two and a half seasons in charge.

“I wish the best to Man United since the moment I left,” he said.

“I

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Tottenham 0-1 Arsenal: Gunners won ‘like a Mourinho team’
15 September 2024 Off

Tottenham 0-1 Arsenal: Gunners won ‘like a Mourinho team’

By Total Football News

While Arsenal were still solid without Rice at the heart of their midfield, they did miss Odegaard’s creative nous and calmness on the ball.

“It’s hard to compare him and Trossard, because they are very different players,” Walcott explained.

“Trossard, for me, is probably the best finisher at the club – but Odegaard is the conductor, the one who gets everything working and gets everyone in the team working at

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Man Utd: Bastian Schweinsteiger says Jose Mourinho banned him from training
18 April 2024 0

Man Utd: Bastian Schweinsteiger says Jose Mourinho banned him from training

By Total Football News
Bastian Schweinsteiger on the bench with Wayne Rooney
Bastian Schweinsteiger (left) won the World Cup with Germany in 2014 and ended his career with 121 caps

Former midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger says he was banned from first-team training by manager Jose Mourinho during his time at Manchester United.

Schweinsteiger, 39, made 31 appearances under Louis van Gaal in 2015-16.

He played only four games under Mourinho the following season before joining MLS club Chicago Fire in 2017.

“I was

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