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‘Ridiculous’… Jose Mourinho now claims something crazy happened to him at Tottenham
Jose Mourinho has slammed Tottenham Hotspur over the decision to sack him days before the League Cup final back in April 2021.
The former Tottenham boss has been speaking on podcast and reflected on his time in North London.
It’s fair to say that Jose Mourinho’s tenure at Spurs was underwhelming as he failed to replicate the previous success he’d enjoyed in England.
Tottenham moved to bring in the Portuguese boss after sacking fan-favourite Mauricio Pochettino in November 2019.
Despite a decent start to his first full season in charge in the 2020-21 campaign, things quickly unravelled after Spurs were knocked off top spot before Christmas.
Mourinho’s men crashed out of the Europa League with a 3-0 defeat to Dynamo Zagreb after leading the tie 2-0.
However, Mourinho did manage to guide Spurs to a League Cup final that season. But he didn’t get the opportunity to lead them out at Wembley.
Daniel Levy ultimately took the decision to dismiss the former Chelsea boss less than a week before the final against Manchester City. Ryan Mason took charge on the day and watched on as Spurs lost to City 1-0 at Wembley.
Now, Mourinho has aimed a fresh dig at Tottenham over their lack of silverware and labelled the decision ‘ridiculous’.
Mourinho labels Tottenham sacking ‘ridiculous’
Mourinho reflected on his short spell at Tottenham and didn’t hold back with his assessments of the decision to dismiss him days before a final.
“The most ridiculous one was a club that has an empty trophy room sacks me two days before a final,” he said. “That was the one that was, come on.
“Tottenham have never won, won 50 years ago, I don’t remember when. I am two days before a final and I couldn’t do the final. It’s the one which doesn’t smell well.
“I had a plan but sometimes it doesn’t work. But the reality is every time I went to Wembley with Chelsea I won. I went there with Man United three times, I won twice.
“So the record was good. It was a stadium and atmosphere which I dominate well, because when you go into these big matches you need to feel comfortable, you cannot go to these matches and feel the stadium is too big.
“I had the experience to try and help the team but the final was against Man City so I would be an idiot right now to say we would have won. But a few weeks before that, we won against them 2-0 at our stadium, so the feeling was positive. But it is what it is.”
Tottenham were going through a difficult run of form at the time and Mourinho had seemingly lost support in the dressing room.
Nevertheless, it was a huge shock to see the club sack a cup final specialist days before facing City at Wembley.
Spurs had beaten City that season at home, picking up a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Heung-Min Son and Giovani Lo Celso.
Yet, they had suffered a humbling 3-0 defeat to Pep Guardiola’s side at the Etihad just a few weeks before Mourinho was sacked.
While it remains a mystery as to why Spurs didn’t hand Mourinho the chance to win the final, many Tottenham fans weren’t exactly disappointed to see him head out the door.
The Portuguese boss had offered up some pretty dull football that season and Spurs were continuously surrendering leads in games.