The former defender said the Portuguese revolutionised Chelsea with his attention to detail in training
Jose Mourinho has been labeled an 'amazing' manager by his former player Robert Huth.
Huth played under Mourinho during his time at Chelsea and said his training techniques were revolutionary, but the Portuguese has come under intense scrutiny at Manchester United this season.
The Reds have had a poor start to the campaign, losing three of their opening seven league matches and getting knocked out of the EFL Cup by Derby County, which has led to speculation Mourinho could be sacked.
However, Huth was full of praise for his former boss who won two Premier League titles in his first spell at Chelsea between 2004-07.
“You’d heard him, you’d seen him win the Champions League, so you thought, ‘He knows what he’s doing’ but then he just stepped in, he owned the room, he got players on board straight away," the German told The Sunday Times.
"For two years that team was amazing. His attention to detail and preparation . . . I’d never seen anything like that.
"We got notepads before games with statistics: how many times the right-back passes to the centre-back. There were preparation sheets about the opposition. Weaknesses, strengths, set-pieces. In training, every exercise was timed. There were ball boys.
"I completely bought into whatever Mourinho said. If he said, ‘Play left wing,’ you’d say, ‘Give me the shirt.’”
clue_l3ss
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He finds a solution to to destroy the opponent but somethings seems to lack in United ... I feel midfield is not connecting with the strikers .... need some one who can win high balls and who can challenge for keepers high ball, some one who can give some space for attacking midfielders to go a bit forward ....I feel midfielder are scared to go forward coz we don’t have a guy who can win any ball upfront...and Lukaku doesn’t seem to have the timing to win balls...VERY POOR with defenders...
Zacbcku
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while utd fans often criticize him, his former players always praise him, some like hazard wanting to play for him again just as lukaku said when he left Chelsea. I don't think us fans know mourinho better than those players. I respect you mou even if I'm not fan of your style
psalmson68
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What best is he doing if his defensive tactics make us loose and draw matches.. always having issues with his players
rightly said bro. we jst ave to show him some love
pobilpz
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sure he's doing best
What best is he doing if his defensive tactics make us loose and draw matches.. always having issues with his players
Japaimnoy
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High must have been paid by Mourinho or he is on some good stuff.
Why would he have been paid when he played under Mou, say something else please.
yebacino
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No matter what happens this Man right here will always remain the special one to me
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Always the special one. That is why he has so much haters.
psalmson68
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sure he's doing best
Redlink
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JMI-17
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High must have been paid by Mourinho or he is on some good stuff.
I doubt so but you am sure u are high on something how do I know if huth has come out too say the opposite u would agree right because that's what you want to hear but eighter u like it or not he is a gr8coach in fact one of the greatest
Rosbcimuy
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but not to players like pogba
Football-Manager
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Of course Mourinho is a top top Manager. The way he sets teams up is legendary in the business. He’s done some miracles in the game that I don’t think many managers can achieve. Winning everything with Porto and Inter Milan was a miracle no other manager could achieve. We should ask ourselves, when was the last time a Portuguese or an Italian club won it all in Europe? And with some average players too. All he wants from his players is discipline, he ads the rest...
Dakacelz
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High must have been paid by Mourinho or he is on some good stuff.
ditbmpuyz
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for kante's brain I totally agree with him his brain works different as compared to other players he is indeed the best two premier League tittle within a short space of time and top it up with a WORLDCUP it's not a fluke
nitceikltu
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the special one top manager in the worl
nome3737
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what heck is going on with his mind??? he probably took painkillers to say this
Cmon_CTID
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Defensive football specialist
Impartial1
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Special to himself ...it seem he was man of the match yesterday he is the star in United team
Yorokiri
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No matter what happens this Man right here will always remain the special one to me