The Portuguese believes that head coaches with more experience are now being snubbed in favour of those new to the job <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has taken a sly dig at Arsenal\u2019s decision to hire Mikel Arteta as their new head coach, saying clubs now think the best candidates are the ones with \u2018zero defeats\u2019 rather than ‘more victories.’<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Mourinho had been linked with the Gunners as pressure mounted on then-boss Unai Emery, but Spurs made the surprise decision to sack Mauricio Pochettino after a poor start to the season and hire the former Chelsea and Manchester United man instead.<\/p>\n
Arsenal, on the other hand, have elected to place their faith in former midfielder Arteta, who has never been a head coach before, over Carlo Ancelotti, who seems set to take over at Everton \u2013\u00a0a decision Mourinho finds difficult to understand.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only point I can find, and it is for us to laugh a little bit, is that years ago the best managers were the guys with more victories and now the best is the guy with the fewest defeats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, Ancelotti has three Champions Leagues, won the league in Italy, France and England and won cups here and there \u2013 but Ancelotti has lost, I don\u2019t know, 200 matches?<\/p>\n
\u201cI have lost 150-180 \u2013 Carlo is a little bit older than me. I think now it is not about how much you won, it is about the matches we didn\u2019t lose. So, probably the best managers now are the managers with zero defeats.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only reason I can understand is that they look through the CVs and see guys with more defeats and guys with less defeats, so guys with less defeats are given the job. I cannot find another reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Mourinho has plenty of trophies to his name and feels confident he can take Spurs one step further than his predecessor Pochettino did and win silverware for the north London club.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you don\u2019t win, it is better being close to winning than to be far away,\u201d he said. \u201cTottenham were close to winning the league when Leicester won, were close to winning the Champions League last season and close to winning the League Cup when I played against Tottenham.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, we are going to try [to take the next step]. It\u2019s not my profile, or my DNA to be comfortable with \u2018almost\u2019. I never liked very much the almost.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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