When Jose Mourinho goes to a certain country to work for the first time, he is always successful. But the second time he comes back, it’s a bit tricky. In his rich career, the Portuguese was highly succesfull in all four leagues he coached. In fact, he is the first manager in history to win every domestic title, the league championship, cup, super cup and league cup in four European leagues. Three of those leagues are among Top 5 (England, Italy, Spain) and he managed to win the Champions League with Porto. He never coached a club in Germany or France (yet), but according to former Bayern Munich CEO Karl Heinz Rummenigge, he wanted to work for the Bavarians.You know it’s true: Mourinho is worse than his predecessor FonsecaIn a recent interview with Rai Sport, Bayern’s legend revealed that Mourinho was a candidate for the manager’s spot, but didn’t reveal the timing of the potential hire. And it would be interesting to know what year it was, since the Portuguese started to decline after his second stint in England, just when he took over Manchester United. He was sacked both by Red Devils and Spurs afterwards, and he is already in trouble in Roma, in his second attempt to work in Italy. “Mourinho was a candidate. A few years ago, he wanted to come to Germany to work at Bayern, but we felt he wasn’t the right man for the club. Back then we hired a coach with a different profile and different characteristics that were more in keeping with Bayern. Personally, he always made a good impression on me. I hope that he can find success at Roma, because he needs to win on a daily basis“ said Bayern legend. Hoeness launches it at PSG and Man City: Sh**ty money is not enough, beating them must be our goalIn the midst of Covid crisis and implications on the transfer markets, and with some big names in football in financial problems (namely Barcelona), the German stated that with or without Covid, Bayern’s philosophy has always been the same – and it works. „The philosophy of Bayern Munich has always been the same: have success, but with the books balanced. That is part of the culture of German football. We might not make many big splashes on the transfer market, but we can win the Champions League even without spending huge sums, as we already proved” said Rummenigge. And he is right.
