Jose Mourinho Names Football’s Biggest Club, Snubs Barcelona and Man United

• Jose Mourinho has named Real Madrid as the biggest football club in the world
• Real Madrid appointed Mourinho as their coach in the summer of 2010
• Mourinho won three trophies in three seasons with Los Blancos

Jose Mourinho has detailed why he joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2010, describing the Spanish giants as the biggest club in the world.

The Portuguese manager was in charge of Inter Milan and had just won the treble, including the UEFA Champions League with the Serie A giants, before jumping ship to Los Blancos in 2010.

According to Football Espana, Mourinho, in a recent interview, has now confessed he had to quit Inter Milan when Real Madrid came knocking due to the club’s pedigree in football.

“The opportunity came for the second time and I wanted to go, it was a moment in my career where I told myself I had to. They’re the biggest club in the world, but I wanted to finish at Inter by winning the Serie A title.”

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Mourinho would go on to win three major trophies with Real Madrid in three years, ending Barcelona’s dominance of La Liga by edging the Catalans to the Spanish league and also winning one Copa del Rey and one Spanish Super Cup.

Mourinho wants Saudi Arabia move

Meanwhile, Jose Mourinho revealed that he is open to working in Saudi Arabia in the future with uncertainties surrounding his present job with Serie A side AS Roma, GOAL reports.

In July, the Portuguese manager joined the board of directors of Mahd Academy, an organisation that strives to discover future talents in the country, and he has now stated that he wishes to lead a team in the Middle East.

Mourinho believes that the outflow of stars from Europe following Cristiano Ronaldo's departure in December 2022 has altered the narrative about the country's footballing environment.

Mourinho explains why Messi wins more Ballon d'Or

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported Jose Mourinho once put forth a theory regarding why Lionel Messi might win more Ballon d'Or awards compared to his age-old nemesis, Cristiano Ronaldo.

The two veterans enjoyed an incredible rivalry at the pinnacle of global football, collectively securing an astonishing 12 Ballon d'Or awards between them from 2008 to 2017.

During this era, Ronaldo and Messi set and broke numerous records, engaging in an intense competition to outperform each other in all aspects of the game.