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Jose Mourinho is convinced he can bring silverware to Tottenham and has vowed to challenge for the Premier League title next season.<\/p>\nJose Mourinho is convinced he can bring silverware to Tottenham and has vowed to challenge for the Premier League title next season.<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old has taken over from Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs following the Argentinian\u2019s ruthless sacking earlier this week and has declared himself happy at being back in management.<\/p>\n
While his immediate concern is arresting a slump that has seen the north London club slip to 14th in the Premier League, his wider brief will be to end the trophy drought which stretches back to 2009.<\/p>\n
Mourinho\u2019s track record \u2013 with 25 trophies at the likes of Real Madrid, Chelsea and Inter Milan \u2013 makes him the perfect man for the job and he has targeted a potential fourth Premier League title.<\/p>\n
Back in work after a tough spell at Manchester United ended 11 months ago, Mourinho is enthusiastic about the group of players he will work with, though, and has backed them to be title contenders next season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot win the Premier League this season,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can \u2013 I\u2019m not saying we will do \u2013 we can win it next season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Such is his contentment with the players at his disposal, Mourinho \u2013 often branded a checkbook manager by critics \u2013 insists he will not need to make signings in January after revealing he tried to sign some of the Spurs squad in previous roles.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t need players. I am so happy with what I have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just need time to understand them better and know everything about them because I always say you only know a player when you work with them.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, how many times have I watched these guys, how many times have I played against them?<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew them well but you never know them well enough until you work with them and my gift is this squad because the squad is very, very good.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told them that one of the reasons why I decided to come was them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried to buy some of them for different clubs and I couldn\u2019t. Some of them I didn\u2019t even try because you know how impossible it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I like this squad very, very much. I like the players very, very much.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not something new that I said that. It\u2019s not like, \u2018Ok, now you are their manager you are saying that because you want to look nice\u2019. That\u2019s not the point.\u201d<\/p>\n