By Adegboyega Adeleye
Jose Mourinho has dismissed the idea that he carries a Champions League debt from his first spell at Real Madrid as he prepares for his second stint’s European opener against Inter Milan on Tuesday.
According to Reuters, Mourinho was asked whether he felt indebted to Real Madrid over failing to win the Champions League during his first tenure, with the Portuguese insisting his two spells should be treated separately.
“No, it is two different spells,” Mourinho said. “When I left in 2013, we won what we won and lost what we lost, and we gave it our all. And that was that. What I need to do now has nothing to do with the past.”
The Champions League remains the only major trophy Mourinho failed to win during his first Real Madrid spell between 2010 and 2013.
