Milan Coach Gennaro Gattuso labels Manchester United counterpart Jose Mourinho as ‘one of the world’s best.’
The two teams will lock horns in California in the International Champions Cup, with kick-off in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Speaking at a Press conference following the Rossoneri’s arrival in the United States, Gattuso spoke of his deep respect for the Portuguese, who led Milan’s rivals Inter to an unprecedented treble in 2010.
“I think that Mourinho has been at the top for 20 years,” the former midfielder said.
“He has won so much, he is always looking to get the best out of his players and it’s not a coincidence he has been winning for so long.
“He has a great mentality and he knows how to get into a player’s mindset.
“I think we are talking about one of the greatest Coaches in the world.
“I can assure you that being a Coach is more difficult than being a player.
“When you get to play these matches against these teams, for us it should be a source of pride and we can’t put in a bad performance.”
Hridoy_MUN_GER_BAR
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Obviously mourinho is one of the best coach..he makes his team very powerful season by season.. hope this season "Manchester will be red"
zowemsz
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Last season one would have thought Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham would be above ManU, and with all the criticism of mourinho parking the bus, no-one would have expected united to finish 2nd, and become the only club to beat Mancity at etihad in an epic darby comeback match. Before MOU, ManU was a sinking ship. 🚢 And now fans with shortlived memory can't appreciate how strong mourinho has made united become again in just two seasons, winning three trophies in first season and finishing the second best club in England for the second season. Let's support our Manager and stop castigating him becasue Pep. At the moment I don't think the transfer is down to MOU, he cannot buy any player he wants unless Edwoodward is willing. Take Perisic for instance. If Edwoodward and ManU board can release enough funds as city has for pep and are still willing, then more can afford the kind of players he wants. don't forget that pep is replacing almost all old man I city player including goalkeepers with his own kind of players. If we accuse MOU of not being able to bring the best out of martial and RACHFORD, then you must also accuse Pep of not being able to bring the best out of Kelechi Iheanacho, and Nasri.
TonyV25
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He is one of the best managers of course but now a day's some people are just forgetting what he really is and forgetting about his records All this Park the Bus things from the media etc have turned Mourinho in to an average manager in people eyes
Lekanjohnson79
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If he’s a good coach as you claimed, let Mourinho get the best of out martial, rashford and Sanchez instead of going to the impossible market.