Chelsea's chief executive Peter Kenyon has revealed that he sees
similar qualities in Jose Mourinho to those possessed by Sir Alex
Ferguson.
Peter Kenyon, who was chief executive at Manchester United before
taking up a similar role at Chelsea, claims the Blues' manager,
Jose Mourinho, is the closest he's yet seen to United boss Sir Alex
Ferguson, the most successful manager in Brirish football
history.
After joining Chelsea in 2003, Kenyon played the lead role in
bringing Mourinho from Porto - whom he had just led to Champions
League glory - to Stamford Bridge to succeed the popular Italian,
Claudio Ranieri.
Chief executive Kenyon said: "After the first week I didn't feel
Ranieri was up to the job.
"Having been around a winner like Sir Alex, Ranieri certainly
didn't come into that class, so we embarked on looking for a new
manager.
"We came up with Mourinho who was young and different.
"We'd seen some of the best names but he was hungry and thought
differently and I saw he had some of the same qualities as Alex
Ferguson.
