Jose Mourinho seeks quick fix to win over Spurs doubters

Jose Mourinho believes quality of players he has at Tottenham does "t belong" down in 14th in Premier League as he tries to salv Spurs' season. Mourinho starts his tenure at a third English club after grossly different experiences at Chelsea and Manchester United hoping to inspire Tottenham's first away win in league since January at West Ham on Saturday. That run saw Mauricio Pochetti sacked on Tuesday just six months after reaching Champions League final.

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Pochetti's five-and-a-half years at club transformed Tottenham's fortunes. Argentine made Spurs Champions League regulars and eventually paid for his own success in raising bar of expectations. It also paved way for a marri of convenience. Tottenham needed to make a statement with Pochetti's successor to prove ir growing status, and so turned to Mourinho. Similarly, Portuguese needs a project that will rebuild his reputation after unhappy two-and-a-half years at Manchester United.

"In short term we have to try to get results," said Mourinho on Thursday.

"It is important in Premier League we need to disappear from area where we do t belong." Spurs start weekend 11 points adrift of top four having taken just 25 points from ir last 24 Premier League matches.

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However, Mourinho insisted he will t make big changes in personnel or to team's style of play amid concerns from supporters that manner in which he has won so much silverware in his career is t an easy fit with Spurs' traditional brand of attacking football. " style of play has to be always adapted t just to club culture, but especially to players' qualities," he added. "se are players, y have qualities, adapted to a certain way of playing football, and that's way I want to do it."

Mourinho has spent 11 months out of game since being sacked by United in December. And he cut a far more introspective figure as he briefed media on Thursday than man who anunced himself as " special one" during his first press conference as Chelsea manr 15 years ago.

"I always thought that se 11 months were t a waste of time. se 11 months were months to think, to analyse, to prepare and anticipate things," added Mourinho.

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"I had time to think about many things. Don't ask me what are mistakes, but I realise that during my career I made mistakes. I am t going to make same mistakes, I am going to make new mistakes.

"From an emotional point of view I'm relaxed, I'm motivated, I'm ready and I think players y felt that in se two days.

"y felt that I'm ready. I'm ready to support m. This is t about me. In your career but also in your life, you go through moments and periods and I am in a period where it's t about myself at all. It's about my club, my club's fans, my players."

Even if Mourinho claims to be a changed man, his reputation precedes him. re was love lost in many clashes with Tottenham in his Chelsea days and that allied to joy Pochetti brought Spurs fanbase leaves many unconvinced this manrial change is one for better. In his glory days at Chelsea, Porto, Inter and early in his spell at Real Madrid, Mourinho could always rely on results to win over doubters. That is what he needs to provide Spurs' supporters with, starting on Saturday. 

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