Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism were ferocious and without intellectual objectivity they should show me the way to their airport. It is important to have an opinion and not be afraid to express it, knowing there will be criticism.
Three years without a Premiership title? I don’t think I would still be in a job.
Do you have a brother or cousin in Ivory Coast, because I don’t have the money to bring you to Porto.
Drogba is a fighter. He is the kind of player I would say ‘With you I could go to every war.’
It is like when you go to war: we have to know how our enemies attack and defend.
We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can.
It is like having a blanket that is too small for the bed, you pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm, and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket I have is made of cashmere. So it’s good.
If Ashley Cole is ready we have 15 players for the final. I’ll have to choose between Hilario, who’s not bad playing forward or I’ll bring in one of the kids.
The dog is in Portugal and the city of London is safe.
I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.
I’m not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don’t.
In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto.
The negative side of football. The negative side of our society. People sometimes go to football and bring to it the negative aspects of our society.
The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20.
The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently.
Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.
I won’t say we have to win. I won’t put that pressure on us. But we can’t lose.
If you look at revenge we are still winning three one you know, so I don’t think it is a question of revenge, is a question of a personal thing.
We are on top at the moment but not because of the club’s financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.
Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that.