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Published 16:05 19 May 2022 BST
Updated 16:34 19 May 2022 BST
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Mourinho was the last person in charge of the Red Devils to win silverware - five years ago - but was then sacked in December 2018 following what was then the club's worst start to a top-flight campaign since 1990.
Now working at Serie A side Roma, the Portuguese icon is preparing his team to face Feyenoord in the inaugural final of the UEFA Europa Conference League in Albania next week.
When asked by the press if both he and Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti had been written off too quickly in their managerial tenures, the 59-year-old used the opportunity to take a sly dig at his former clubs, including United.
"I believe that the problem with Carlo Ancelotti was that when you coach Everton you are not about to win the Champions League," he said.
"And with me, you know, people they saw me taking up jobs where they thought that I could win trophies but they were not jobs where we were expected to lift trophies.
"'But when you have such a winning career on a cyclical basis so to speak, you can expect that, people can say that. Personally I'm not worried about this [being replaced by younger coaches]. I do not think and focus on the generations, I focus on quality."
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