Mourinho hopes to emulate Klopp

Jose Mourinho is under pressure to deliver silverware at Tottenham but has had an indifferent season so far at Spurs. With expectations mounting, the Portuguese manager has told the BBC he doesn’t think it will take a massive investment to deliver trophies – and cited Jürgen Klopp’s experience and achievements at Liverpool

“How long it took for Jürgen and Liverpool?” asked Mourinho.

“Four years, four seasons. Buying one of the best goalkeepers in the world, buying one of the best centre-backs in the world and so on and so on and so on.

“I’m focused on my three-year contract. I believe that in my three-year contract we can win trophies. If we don’t, but the club does it in the new era if I stay here only for three years, I will be happy with that.”

Mourinho thinks it’s unfair that Spurs Chairman, Daniel Levy, has been criticized by Spurs fans who cite the fact that they reached the Uefa Champions League final last year with Mauricio Pochettino as a benchmark along with spending over £100 million last summer on players like record signing, Tanguy Ndombele, who frustratingly has been sidelined by injury along with several other stars – plus the new billion-pound stadium

“The only thing that I feel is quite an injustice is to forget that the best stadium in the world is there, the best training ground in the world is here, and around £100 million investment in the summer,” he said.

“That was probably one of the biggest investments by a Premier League club [that] is considered quite not committed with evolution or not committed with an investment – £100 million.

“Then you can discuss good, bad, successful, not successful. You can discuss all these things.

“But nobody can discuss that around £100 million was on the table in the last summer which I think is proof, open proof, that the club wanted to invest.”

“I work for the club. I’m not thinking about myself,” added Mourinho. “I keep sad saying that my ambition is the same, my DNA is the same, but probably I am in the stage where I look less to myself and my records and I look more to the club.

“I am optimistic because I start working from day one. Because I believe we are going to make some changes in our squad, and for that we don’t need a huge investment like the club made in the past summer.”

“I cannot believe that the season is going to be so full of negative episodes like we’ve had since practically day one. There are many reasons to believe that it is going to be different.”