adminLONDON. — Sir Alex Ferguson warned Jose Mourinho on Monday that football was a high risk industry, but backed him to find a solution at misfiring Chelsea.
Speaking at an event in London, Ferguson suggested Mourinho was a good leader, but one struggling to come to grips with his first period of non-success, including a home defeat to promoted Bournemouth at the weekend, their eighth defeat from 15 English Premier League soccer games.
“If you look at his whole career there has been nothing but a rise all of the time so for the first time in his life he has had to deal with bad publicity, adversity and that is a challenge for him,” Ferguson said.
“I watched the match on Saturday and they could have won by a few goals, but they lost,” added Ferguson, who enjoyed great success during his 27-year spell as Manchester United manager.
“Football today is such a big financial industry, the television deal is (worth) billions, there is the Press involvement, there is pressure from their own fans, it is a very high risk industry today,” warned the Scot.
“The sort of average time a manager lasts now is a year throughout the whole country and that is not a big time.”
Three Premier League sides, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Sunderland, have all changed managers so far this season and while Mourinho signed a new four-year deal in August, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is notoriously impatient with his managers.
Ferguson, however, feels Mourinho can dig deep and turn Chelsea’s fortunes around despite their dreadful form. — AFP.
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