Mourinho faces 73-year-old counterpart at Selhurst‘At the age of 57, for the job, I am very young’José Mourinho wants to emulate Roy Hodgson and manage into his 70s. The
Tottenham manager faces his 73-year-old Crystal Palace counterpart at Selhurst Park on Sunday and he believe he can be pushing for victories and fighting to steel the mentality of players when he is at a similar age.
“I see it myself, yes, but who knows?” Mourinho said. “A big friend of mine on Thursday got a
Job in the Portuguese
Premier League at the age of 74 [Jesualdo Ferreira at Boavista]. He is a fantastic coach, incredible knowledge, incredible passion. Maybe you are tired of me because I’m here for 20 years, since 2000 when I got my first job [at Benfica], but the reality is that at the age of 57, for the job, for the nature of the job, I am very young.”