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Jose Mourinho insists that his critics would be more appreciative about his second place with Manchester United last season if they knew what was going on behind the scenes of the club.
Mourinho was sacked by United last month, after five Premier League defeats and a third-round elimination of the League Cup by the Derby championship club, in a toxic atmosphere. United's tough start to the season was exacerbated by Executive Vice President Ed Woodward's failure to sign two of Mourinho's priority targets during the summer transition period. together the last term.
United won the League Cup and Europa League in the first season of Mourinho, before a second campaign without a trophy in which they finished 19 points behind Manchester City and were eliminated from the Champions League by Sevilla at of the last 16.
The double winner of the Champions League, Mourinho, has repeatedly stated that the finalist was one of the most remarkable achievements of his career, and the Portuguese claimed that it was partly due to what was happening in the background at Old Trafford.
"I also think that sometimes we comment on what we see but we do not know what is going on behind the scenes" Mourinho told BeIN Sports. "And that influences what we see, and it's a fundamental thing.
"If I say to you, for example, that I consider one of the best jobs in my career to be second with Manchester United in the Premier League, you say this guy is crazy, he won 25 titles and said that finishing second was one of his best achievements in football.
"I keep saying that because people do not know what's going on behind the scenes and sometimes on this side of the camera we're looking at things from a different angle.
"And also why I agree to be here and accept the next period when I guess not working immediately, it is also to better know the new football and to better know the new football, it's to understand what's behind the cameras.Very interesting for me. "
Mourinho closed the transfer period of summer 2017 without a key target, Ivan Perisic, after United had refused to match the valuation of Internazionale for an amount of £ 50 million. United was also rejected by Antoine Griezmann, who decided to stay with Atletico Madrid.
Despite the absence of Griezmann and Perisic, Mourinho spent £ 358.7m in two and a half years as United manager, although the club only invested 72.5m £ in three deductions in the last window of the summer.
Mourinho has already rejected the possibility of managing Benfica, while the Portuguese continue to be linked to the return to Real Madrid.
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