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‘Jose can want war not football’
- Updated: October 25, 2016
Barcelona great Xavi says Jose Mourinho needs to resist his urge to favour “war not football” if Manchester United are to succeed during his tenure.
And Xavi thinks the renewed rivalry between Mourinho and Manchester City boss Pep Guradiola is a very exciting prospect for football.
Xavi currently plays his football for Al Sadd in Qatar but witnessed the Mourinho-Guardiola battle at close quarters when the latter was his coach at Barca while Mourinho was in charge at Real.
The coaches will clash again in Wednesday’s EFL Cup fourth round tie at Old Trafford, live on Sky Sports, and Mourinho is under pressure after Sunday’s 4-0 hammering at his former club Chelsea.
And Xavi told the Daily Mirror that Mourinho can adopt a confrontational approach at times, which he does not think will serve him well in this instance.
“Sometimes, when things don’t go well for Mourinho, …
