Bloody hell. Then Pep is better than Fergie too right?
And has he won more than Mourinho? Mourinho did a treble and league, as did Barcelona, despite the latter having a much better team.
And no of course Pep is not the best manager in the world. Silly thing to suggest.
People keep bringing up Mourinho's trophies, so I'm saying is Pep the best manager in the world, as he's been the most successful.
The point is, when looking at trophies won, you leave out many factors which influence this.
When Inter won two leagues in a row under Mourinho, was it a great achievement? When Chelsea won the league under Mourinho, was it a great achievement?
For me his outstanding success, comes down to his two champions League wins. They really are something to be proud of. Yet his first for Porto came in a deceptively easy run and some help from the referee v us. His trophy for Inter was a great achievement no doubt.
However I do not think those two achievements put him in the greatest managers around today. I think in the short term he is a great manager, but doubts hang over him for me in the transfer market and continuing success.
Look at Rafa Benitez. If you take his first two years at a club, he has a great record. He'd have a champions league with a poor Liverpool side, an FA Cup and a La Liga with Valencia. Those four years combined at Valencia and Liverpool would make him a great manager. Unfortunately at both Valencia and Liverpool he seemed to take both teams backwards. Liverpool got progressively worse, and he left them in a very bad shape.
Mourinho has never stayed at a club longer than two and a bit seasons. When given funds he can certainly motivate his players, and he can certainly buy good players when he has massive funds (even if he does also buy a lot of poor players). When he has left his clubs after two seasons (Chelsea, Inter and Porto) they have had less money, and have suffered in the immediate aftermath.
If coming to United I have no doubt in the first few seasons with a lot of money he could help us to win trophies. I do however doubt he'd be able to work under the constraints managers like Ferguson and Wenger obviously work under, and I wonder if the short term success might hinder United in the long run.