Quote Originally Posted by dodetap View Post
Who would have thought that a player plying his trade with smaller clubs would be appointed onto the coaching staff of major European club as the manager’s interpreter would eventually go on to be one of Europe’s greatest managers.
Wonder what that clubs fans thought of his appointment.
Again, ridiculous comparison. Mourinho was a coach, not just an interpreteur, working alongside one of English footballs greatest ever managers. They'd managed teams in the Portuguese top league, taken teams to the Champions League semi final and subsequently went on to manage Barcelona before Mourinho then worked under Louis Van Gaal and was allowed control of the Barca B team as his apprenticeship. All of this before he became a manager.

If Courts had been appointed onto the coaching staff at Utd to learn his trade then you could maybe argue your comparison.