Jose Mourinho admits he ‘lost passion’ for Man United
Jose Mourinho reportedly holds no ill-feeling towards Ed Woodward despite the Manchester United executive vice-chairman having sacked the Portuguese boss 12 months ago. Mourinho was sacked by United last December and heads back to Old Trafford tomorrow night with new club Tottenham.
Jose Mourinho worked under Ed Woodward at Manchester United (Image: GETTY)
And though Woodward would have played a major role in sacking Mourinho, the Daily Mail claim that the former Red Devils boss holds no ill-feeling towards the United chief.
Upon taking over at Tottenham, Mourinho admitted that he did lose his passion during his last few months at United.
“I have to admit, yes [I lost my passion],” he told BT Sport.
“When you are not happy, people feel it. Happiness can be used to influence people to be better and you can use it to influence people to be more enthusiastic. Yes, I have to admit, yes.”
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And he also revealed that Woodward was one of the first to congratulate him on his new job.
He said: “Maybe I get the opportunity to apologise for not answering 500 (phone calls) of them that I couldn't answer. I have 700 but only had time to answer 200.
“But it was curious to see, from my last club, so many people showing me that respect, empathy and feeling. It was nice.
“All of them were special. The first one was from (United managing director) Richard Arnold.
Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is now in charge of Tottenham (Image: GETTY)
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"The third, fourth or fifth was Ed Woodward. And they were my bosses.”
United host Tottenham as they look to turn their fortunes around this season.
The Red Devils have won just four of their 14 Premier League matches this campaign and were held to a 2-2 draw by Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Tottenham, meanwhile, have been rejuvenated under Mourinho and sit fifth in the table.