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MANCHESTER. — Jose Mourinho has taken his latest swipe at Arsene Wenger by suggesting he is a manager who will leave Arsenal “ready for failure”. And the Manchester United boss has also aimed thinly-veiled swipes at Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola for being praised for playing pretty football — but not actually winning anything.
Mourinho, who once called Arsenal manager Wenger a “specialist in failure”, has again lit the fuse with his arch nemesis. And this time the Portuguese hints that Wenger’s 21-year reign — which will last at least another two years after the Frenchman signed a contract extension — is doing the Gunners long-term damage. Mourinho has never managed a club for more than three years.
But he is adamant his short-term success leaves clubs in a strong position going forward, whereas a boss who has been there for “20 years” can leave it doomed. Speaking in the Times, Mourinho said: “I prepare clubs for success. I think I prepare clubs in a way where, when I leave, the new manager arrives at a top club.
“And that is not short-term even if you leave. If you’re in a club one or two years — or any job — if you leave a structure to be even more successful without you than with you, that’s not short-term. That’s long-term. — The Sun.
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