VADUZ - With regard to this morning's article in The Times, José Mourinho issued the following statement through inter.it, pointing out that he did not give a direct interview to the British daily.
"I met the journalist Patrick Barclay a while ago for a book dedicated to Sir Alex Ferguson," explained the Portuguese coach. "With this journalist I did not discuss current matters. I only talked about the role of coaches in the different countries that have shaped my professional career. I underlined the historical-cultural differences and not my personal preferences, with the sole intention of showing that an experience like Sir Alex Ferguson's at Manchester United is, objectively, an rarity in our field. As you can read from a correct translation of some of the quotes, I explained that I love Inter, that I am happy at Inter, and that I am building for Inter. This is my reality and I will live it until the end of my contract with the club. I am very sorry that a sincere tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson was used in fragments in a different way than was intended."
