Real Madrid stopped me coaching Portugal - Mourinho

I join Roma far better than I was with Inter Milan – Mourinho

New Roma coach Jose Mourinho says he returns to Italian football a better technician than he was ten years ago with Inter Milan.

Mourinho touched down in Rome yesterday to take charge of his Giallorossi squad.

He told the club’s website: “I’m much better now. I’m serious – because I think this is a job where experience means a lot. Experience makes everything look like deja vu because you went through so many experiences since I left Italy.

“I went to Real Madrid which was an incredible experience, where I reached my dream of winning in Italy, England and Spain. Then back to England where my family is based and of course I wanted to come.

“I even have extreme experience of taking a team to a final and not playing the final which is something I thought would never happen in my career and it happened.

“So with so many experiences and learning with the good moments and with the bad moments, I am much more prepared now than I was.”