Every top official at every soccer club tries to pretend himself as the most important one, in fact, there are positions who have always been in the spotlight for their sole decision making power at the top and manager is of course one of them. Former Manchester United’s great manager Sir Alex Ferguson always said that a manager should be considered the most important at the helm and as well added that same top mentor should also be held responsible for all failures at the club. But, Chelsea’s manager Jose Mourinho seems to be following a completely different path as he recently said fans are the most important – not manager. He did not clarify his sense and only generally called his position as the next to supporters who always carry club’s legacy over the top. However, Portuguese admitted his position lets him in the spotlight for most of the time while it should be the fans following that North Londoners enjoy throughout the world which should be credited for each and every success. Obviously, whatever he said today is more than important for everyone since he is the one who took Blues to the top of league table and everyone is calling them the undisputed winner of current English topflight, hence no one is willing to object what he said in the recent interview.
Talking about the most influential part of every soccer club, second term serving manager said, “The manager is not the most important person in the club, of course not. I keep saying: the most important person in the club is first the supporters, secondly the owner, third the players, and then I come.
“It’s the manager that everyone looks at. The players are watching you, analysing you — they want to see your reaction, they want to see your stability. The people that work in the club are also watching you, and they follow in a negative or positive way. Even the supporters are watching you.
“They want to feel that after that big defeat you are ready for the next day, that after the big victory you are not in the moon but have your feet in the earth. And I think I am good in controlling these situations, and good in trying to keep people balanced for the negative and for the positive. At home I am not good, because they know me too well. I can’t hide. They get me.”