Jose Mourinho has taken a swipe at Tottenham Hotspur ahead of Roma’s Europa Conference League semi-final second leg against Leicester City.
A few days after he was sacked by Spurs, he was announced as Roma’s new manager in April 2021. He left Tottenham the week of their Carabao Cup final versus Man City.
He replaced Paolo Fonseca and the ex-Chelsea and Man Utd boss has guided Roma to fifth place in Serie A this season.
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They now host the Foxes in their Europa Conference League semi-final second leg, after last week’s 1-1 draw, on Thursday and Mourinho wants to end a 14-year trophy drought at the Stadio Olimpico.
He said: “I’m enjoying it very much. I’m happy every day I come to the training ground. Do I want more? Yes I want more. Do I want next season to be able to think bigger? Yes.
“I knew the project, the nature of it and I am loving sharing every day with the players.
“They want to grow up, I’m with them, I try to give everything I have. The work has been so hard for all of us, I think we deserve to end the season with something to celebrate.
“A trophy would be amazing, of course to finish in a position to allow us to play European competition next season is also a positive thing. Tomorrow is one big step.”
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Roma are chasing their first European trophy for 50 years having won the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1972, when they beat defending champions Blackpool.
“It is the same every game, I always say there is only one match that I didn’t win which is the next one,” said Mourinho, who is without the injured Henrikh Mkhitaryan after he limped off in Leicester last week.
“I want to win the next one always, if the…
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