Jose Mourinho has told his critics he will have “many more years” as a manager. The Manchester United boss took his first senior post in 2000 and has led huge clubs including Inter, Chelsea and Real Madrid during a glittering career. Mourinho has the opportunity to win his second FA Cup when he faces his former club at Wembley on Saturday.
“It’s my nature,” Mourinho told BBC Sport. “I think if I was not a successful manager I’d be a successful something. A successful PE teacher, a successful… I don’t know. I’d always be a person with drive with this nature. Probably the colour of my hair doesn’t tell the truth. Maybe people think I am much older than I am. Maybe because I arrived in high level football very, very young maybe people think I am 66. I am not 66, I am 55. Even for the ones that don’t like me so much, they are going to have me for many more years.”