Press conferences with Jose Mourinho certainly contain a lot more light and shade under the Portuguese coach, which isn’t a poorly disguised attack on his predecessor, rather a statement of fact. It is also worth mentioning that some readers may have noticed near ‘Harry Redknapp’ levels of ‘In The Know’ gossip doing the rounds in the recent transfer window. Steve Hitchen may have actually earned his salary this year.
One interesting snippet from this week’s presser was that Sergio Reguilon told José that Gareth Bale looks like a different player since arriving at Tottenham. Those concerned about the Bale deal being an expensive fiasco are hopefully reassured by the way the gaffer speaks about the boy.
Well he certainly has a better use of words than his predecessor, who sounded at times like a Mexican bandit with a mouthful of chilli. Hopefully this will also make it easier to get his tactics across to his players, though not sure about Sonny, mind you it appears to be working.