Roma’s early struggles raise spectre of third-season Mourinho syndrome | Nicky Bandini

The Portuguese manager proudly says he declined going to Saudi Arabia, but now he must do his job in the Italian capital

José Mourinho claims not to read his own press, but other people do it for him. “During the holidays, I had the biggest, most important, craziest offer of work that any manager has had in the history of football,” he told reporters at a press conference on Saturday. “I turned that down because I had given my word to the players, the ownership and the fans [at Roma].

“Three months later, it seems that I am the problem? I can’t accept that. I don’t read [the news], I don’t listen, I don’t watch TV. But I have friends, I have players, collaborators, other people who make sure all this chatter reaches me even if I don’t want them to. And I don’t accept it. I don’t accept it because it’s not true. I am not the problem. In football, as in practically every part of life, things are multi-factorial.”

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