A couple of notes on Roger Schmidt and Lucien Favre.
These are innovative coaches in the Bundesliga, a league that is coming leaps and bounds in European football. I would not be surprised to see Buli outrank the Premier League in the UEFA rankings. And they are doing with a lot less money, but with better methods, training and know-how. I think besides Bayern and Borussia other teams such as Bayer Leverkusen, Wolsburg can go further in Europe and Schalke will be set if they keep their youngsters. Whereas England will probably have no representatives in Europe next round.
Roger Schmidt and Lucien Favre do not have the c.v. of Mourinho, but their teams play quick, dynamic, attacking football. Favre especially has been credited with the development of Marco Reus into a world class player which is one more than Mourinho has managed in all his career. Won the Swiss championship with an average age of 21. Brought up a bunch of kids like Inler, Xhemaili etc into the national team fold. With the proper backing one of them could become another Klopp…
I also don’t understand what makes Mourinho a top 3-manager in Europe right now. He’s getting bitch-slapped in Europe year after year after year… Blanc, Simeone, Klopp, Heynckes, Pep have recently gotten the better of him. It’s five years since that Inter win, which was fortuitous in the extreme. And since that CL win, he’s managed Madrid and Chelsea, two teams with huge budgets and underachieved. So what’s with the hype?