The Tottenham head coach said Spurs were
different to the two title contenders Jose Mourinho insisted he was "not jealous" of the
squads assembled by Liverpool and Manchester City, saying Tottenham was a different job. City are coming off back-to-back Premier League
titles, while Liverpool are 14 points clear with a
game in hand this season. Mourinho was appointed Spurs head coach in
November, and his side are battling in eighth in the
table.
But the Portuguese tactician said they could not be
compared to City and Liverpool, although he has no
complaints. "Come on, it is what it is. We cannot have a squad
like some other teams. It's not us," Mourinho said. "I was watching Man City [against Aston Villa ] and I looked to the bench – [Raheem] Sterling, Bernardo
Silva, [Ilkay] Gundogan, [Nicolas] Otamendi. You
know? "Liverpool, you see the team, you see the bench.
And they have injured [Joel] Matip, [Dejan] Lovren,
[Naby] Keita, Fabinho. "I'm not jealous, I have an amazing job, but they
are different jobs. This is a different club." Mourinho suggested the job at Spurs was his most
difficult since he was at Porto, where he took over in early 2002. The former Real Madrid, Inter and Chelsea boss – who would lead Porto to Champions League glory in 2004 – said he had to reset at the Portuguese
giants. "It is the second time I get a team mid-season, just
the second time," Mourinho said. "The first time was also not easy because it was the
end of a team, the end of an era. It was an era
without titles. "Porto was not winning but it was the end of... I
don't want to say of a generation but it was the end
of a team in the end of a season. "Twelve players out, twelve players in, start
everything from the beginning. Forget the good
things of the past, forget the bad things of the past
and let's build from new. "That is my experience in Porto coming in the
middle of the season." Tottenham face Middlesbrough in an FA Cup third- round replay on Tuesday.

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