Jose Mourinho has been appointed as Tottenham's new head coach after Daniel Levy axed Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday evening.
Mourinho has enjoyed lengthy spells with Tottenham's Premier League rivals Chelsea (twice) and Manchester United, and during his second spell with Chelsea denied Pochettino a trophy in the 2015 League Cup Final.
That triumph is one of 25 trophies Mourinho has won during a glittering managerial career spanning seven clubs.
On Monday, the Portuguese put pen to paper at an eighth club, signing a contractat Tottenham Hotspur Stadium until the end of the 2022-23 season.
Here, we pull together some of his memorable comments on Spurs during spells in the opposite dugout, and as a pundit for Sky Sports...
19 Sept 2004 after Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham
“As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal. I would have been frustrated if I had been a supporter who paid £50 to watch this game because Spurs came to defend. This is a difficult league with everyone losing games. Maybe even Tottenham will lose a game defending with 11 players.”
March 1, 2015 ahead of the Capital One Cup final
Asked if Tottenham had tried to hire him as their manager in 2007, Mourinho said: “Yes. I couldn’t go. I couldn’t train in England for two years.” Pressed if he would have taken the job if a deal had been agreed, Mourinho replied: “No, because I love Chelsea supporters too much. I’m Chelsea.”
June 1, 2019 after Tottenham lose the Champions League final
“Mauricio has four very good years at Spurs, brings them to the final of the Champions League and is still waiting for the first trophy, not just with Tottenham but of his career. I feel very sorry for Mauricio.”
Speaking to Sky Sports on August 11, 2019 about who can challenge for the title this season
“Four [teams]. Man City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Man City B team.”
Speaking to Sky Sports on September 1, 2019 ahead of Arsenal v Tottenham
“Maybe now, the feeling that I have what is happening with [Christian] Eriksen, with [Jan] Vertonghen, in the end of last season with [Toby] Alderweireld, it looks like probably now some of the boys they are not so happy to stay. They have their eyes in bigger pictures. Other players getting more money than them, other players getting more titles, look to Kyle Walker winning trophies, looking to the possibility to play for Real Madrid, for Barcelona, for Paris Saint-Germain. Maybe in this moment the team is not that focused family full of chemistry.”
