Tottenham and Manchester United lock horns in the Premier League this evening but the main talking point ahead of the game is Jose Mourinho's return to English football.
Spurs have enjoyed three wins in a row in all competitions since Mourinho moved to North London and now he is preparing to lock horns with his former side and his successor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Since leaving Old Trafford last year, Mourinho has not been shy on sharing his thoughts about his former side and we have highlighted three key things he has had to say.
From criticising the club's structure in the modern era to suggesting that Solskjaer's side this season are now better to the team he led last season, this is Mourinho at his best.
Not ready for modern football - January 2019
"The club must have an owner or a president, a CEO or executive director, a football director and then the manager. This is the structure that can cope with all the problems modernity is bringing all of us. A club must be very well organised to cope with all these kind of situations where the manager is only the manager and not the man that is trying to keep the discipline or is trying to educate the players.
"The manager ought to be there to coach the players, not to keep the discipline at any cost. You need a structure to protect the manager and keep everything in place, so that the players do not arrive in a situation where they feel more powerful than they used to be … Everything good I did with players is not news any more. News in modern football is when you have problems."
Three problems linger - May 2019
"The problems are there, you can imagine that it is the players, the organisation, the ambition. I only say that I cannot say when you ask if Paul was the only one responsible."
Worse than last season - September 2019
"They are far [from Liverpool and Man City]. I have been there two seasons where I could feel lots of positive things and I could feel a direction to go through. Then obviously the third season was not good enough — I was sacked, probably deservedly sacked because I am the final [person] responsible as a manager but the sad reality is that they are worse than before.
"For me it is sad. Maybe people think I am enjoying the situation — I am not. I have lots of respect for the fans and for me it’s really, really sad. When the team is ‘boring’, you are boring but still get the result. In this moment… they are going to be in trouble not just to get into the top four but into contention for the top six. This team is worse than the team of last season."
