Report shares what Mourinho told Tottenham players immediately after his sacking – originally posted on Sportslens.com
According to The Telegraph, erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur head coach Jose Mourinho stayed behind for over four hours talking with the players after he was sacked.
Spurs parted ways the Portuguese on Monday morning following talks that lasted over two hours, ending his 17-month stay at the North London outfit.
Mourinho told Tottenham stars home truths about their performances during a series of talks, but they were not confined to his final day at the club as he had often took aim at some of his first-team players in front of their team-mates during his reign.
The Portuguese was dressed and prepared to take training on Monday morning, but the club had had enough of the poor results and his poor relationship with the players. Mourinho’s relationship with some of them hit rock bottom after Spurs were knocked out of the Europa League by Dinamo Zagreb last month, and the atmosphere around the training ground had become tense, with players “afraid to smile”. Ryan Mason has taken charge of the squad on an interim basis until the end of the campaign, and he hit the ground running with a 2-1 win over Southampton last night.
Tottenham’s chances of finishing in the top-four are back on track as a result of the hard-fought victory, and they will be hoping to beat Manchester City in the final of the League Cup on Sunday.