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Graeme Souness believes Jose Mourinho is the \u201cperfect fit\u201d for Tottenham and will win trophies with the London club to prove his critics wrong.<\/p>\nGraeme Souness believes Jose Mourinho is the \u201cperfect fit\u201d for Tottenham and will win trophies with the London club to prove his critics wrong.<\/p>\n
Former Manchester United and Chelsea boss Mourinho has been named as the new Spurs head coach following the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Mourinho, who won three Premier League titles with Chelsea, had been out of the game since his reign at United ended in bitter fashion last December.<\/p>\n
Souness, the former Liverpool and Newcastle manager, told Sky Sports News: \u201cHe is a guy that has won trophies wherever he has been. I would expect him to do the same at Spurs.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpurs have won three trophies in 28 years. For a big club that\u2019s just not good enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpurs are genuinely a big football club and they need someone that can turn what is perceived to be attacking, attractive football into maybe a slightly more pragmatic approach that will put some silverware in the boardroom, and I think he is the perfect fit for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is an angry man, deep inside. He\u2019s a frustrated man, the way it turned out at United. I think Spurs will reap the benefit of that.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew he was going to go back and he was just waiting for the right one. He loves the English game.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur football right now is the one everyone wants to watch. The spotlight is on us. He likes to be in the spotlight. He has got a big personality but he truly is a football person.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Spurs are getting the right man at the right time. He feels he has a point to prove to people who doubted him or were critical of him. He will want to ram those words down his critics\u2019 throats.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pochettino, who had been at Spurs since May 2014, made a big impact at the club and secured top-four Premier League finishes in four successive campaigns and reached last season\u2019s Champions League final.<\/p>\n
Captain Harry Kane tweeted: \u201cGaffer. I\u2019ll be forever thankful to you for helping me achieve my dreams. We\u2019ve had some amazing moments in the last 5 and a half years that I will never forget. You were my manager but my friend as well and I thank you for that relationship. Good luck with your next chapter!\u201d<\/p>\n
Souness, however, feels the team have failed to kick on and was not surprised by Pochettino\u2019s dismissal.<\/p>\n
The Scot said: \u201cIt\u2019s been coming. Mauricio Pochettino appeared to be a man who didn\u2019t want to be at Spurs, which seems very strange. It seemed he was unhappy with something.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never heard anyone say who\u2019s actually responsible for bringing players to Spurs \u2013 was it the manager or someone further up the tree?<\/p>\n
\u201cI can only think that is why he was unhappy \u2013 someone else is making football decisions.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut for whatever reason, and it\u2019s not a recent thing, he\u2019s not wanted to be there. He has been a very unhappy bunny.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir poor form goes back to last year. I think it was 20 games in total they lost. When teams can lose 20 games in a season against some very ordinary opposition and then get to the final of the Champions League, you\u2019d have to say it was a fluke. That camouflaged the real situation at Spurs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Liverpool and Aston Villa striker Stan Collymore, however, believes Spurs have got it wrong by bringing in Mourinho, highlighting the acrimonious ways he has left various clubs.<\/p>\n
Collymore tweeted: \u201cAmazing how some have bought into \u2018Mourinho the winner\u2019 without any regard for how he leaves clubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnbalanced, fractured, overspending,soulless. Everything Spurs tried to avoid. Good luck, I like Spurs a lot, but it\u2019s not how this man comes in, it\u2019s how he\u2019ll leave you.\u201d<\/p>\n