Pochettino: He will always be the Special One

Mauricio Pochettino has hailed Jose Mourinho as “one of the best managers in football history” prior to Tottenham Hotspur’s visit to Manchester United on Sunday.

“For me, he is The Special One and always will be,” the Spurs manager told tottenhamhotspur.com. “For me it was a reference when I started to work at Espanyol at the start of my career, he was always very kind with myself, he opened his door.

“In some periods in football, sometimes you struggle a little bit because it’s not easy to arrive at a new club and settle your ideas and your philosophy but for me he was, he is and will be one of the best managers in football history.”

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