SUMMARY
- Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or in 2010.
- Many believed that it was a robbery, people believed Wesley Sneijder deserved it more.
Jose Mourinho, a Portuguese professional soccer manager and former player, was most recently the head coach of the Serie A team in Italy. Throughout his management career, he has won multiple titles and is considered one of the sport’s sharpest minds. Due to a run of unsatisfactory performances, AS Roma, the Italian team sacked him.
Jose has been unemployed as of now and is taking his time before starting his next role. Recently he attended the FIVEUK podcast hosted by soccer player Rio Ferdinand and was questioned regarding his former player Wesley Sneijder robbed during the Ballon d’Or in 2010.
Jose Mourinho on if Wesley Sneijder got robbed of 2010 Ballon d’Or: “I don’t like to say robbed, who won it that year, Lionel Messi? So not robbed.”
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Jose said, “I don’t like to say robbed, who won it that year, Lionel Messi? So not robbed. But Wesley did the treble, I think the WC final in the same season so Wesley should be there, at least in the top 3 but in this generation with Cristiano and Messi win the Ballon d’Or is never a robbery”
Under Mourinho’s leadership, the Giallorossi have experienced success in Europe. He also guided the squad to victory in the UEFA Conference League in 2022, in addition to leading them to the UEFA Europa League finals the season before. Eventually, it did not end as the two parties would have expected it to.
Jose Mourinho shares his thoughts on coaching Lionel Messi once in his career
Enthusiastic Portuguese coach Mourinho was fired from his position at Serie A team Roma, and he is presently unemployed. Although he is open to proposals, he has ruled out moving to Saudi Arabia anytime soon. An opportunity to coach Messi would arise if he was eligible the next time Inter Miami switched about their dugout.
Jose Mourinho on Lionel Messi pic.twitter.com/L0dll9H6N8
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Regarding coaching Lionel Messi in his career, Jose said, “For example, I never got to train Lionel Messi, but then nobody can train Messi. It is absurd to think you could coach him because he was born with everything and already knows everything. He might teach you some things. All you could say is that you had the honor of having him in your squad.”
It remains to be seen whether Jose and Messi end up on the same team shortly but as of now Jose is taking his time before he chooses his next club. He has several job offers on the table for him but has reportedly denied all of them and is enjoying his break from soccer.
Jose Mourinho makes his choice in the Ronaldo-Messi debate
When asked to choose between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Mourinho firmly supported the Portuguese player. When the Lisbon-based publication A Bola posed this timeless question to the former AS Roma manager in 2012, he responded right away.
🇵🇹 José Mourinho on Cristiano Ronaldo: “For Cristiano Ronaldo, you don’t coach him. You don’t need to give him ambition, you don’t give him motivation.
You cannot give him technical advice, all you have to do is give some tactical adjustment and make him happy.” pic.twitter.com/wzFyPa6LfH
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Jose said, “I keep saying it’s harder to be Cristiano than Lionel Messi. I’ll tell you: Messi grew up in the team he plays for now; with the teammates, he plays with now. Not Cristiano. He was in England, then they put him here [Real Madrid] in a losing team. He had to grow over the last two years with this team which has been forming.”
When Ronaldo was still with Real Madrid, the manager was all praise for him and said that the Portuguese player had made the team a winning one. He asserted that because Messi was accustomed to playing alongside elite players, it was harder for him to succeed in a new system.