Jose Mourinho went from being favorite to take charge of Arsenal to being incharge of Tottenham, and the Portuguese reportedly held talks with the Gunners before taking over Pochettino not so far away from Emirates.
The Times claim that Jose, who penned a mighty $15 million-a-year three and a half years contract with Tottenham, had his reservations about working with Arsenal’s hierarchy, claiming the structure at Arsenal “did not appeal” to him.
With pressure mounting on Unai Emery, Arsenal head of football Raul Sanllehi is said to have dinned with Jose Mourinho to look if he would be a good fit to replace Unai at Arsenal.
Sanllehi is said to have been impressed with Jose Mourinho – But Champions League football complemented by the setup at North-London neighbors appealed Mourinho.
Arsenal have a major task at their hand to qualify for the Champions League and their challenge starts tomorrow once again as they face nineteenth place Southampton. Emery definitely needs to win this one – as sack bells continue to ring.
