Jose Mourinho is pleased to now be working for Daniel Levy after revealing his former clubs used to fear the Tottenham chairman.
Levy has a reputation of being one of the fiercest negotiators in football, as Mourinho found out when he tried to sign Tottenham players in previous roles.
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Most recently he tried to bring Eric Dier and Toby Alderweireld to Old Trafford, but Manchester United got short shrift out of Levy.
The Spurs chief has also shown his ruthless side in his dismissal of Mauricio Pochettino less than six months after the Argentinian led the club to the Champions League final.
Mourinho was appointed less than 12 hours later, suggesting that negotiations had begun while Pochettino was still in the job.
And the Portuguese, whose spell begins with a trip to West Ham on Saturday, is happy to now have Levy on his side.
“I used to be in clubs that fear him,” he said. “It’s true. He’s powerful.
“He’s a business man, but he’s a football man. He has big experience, a part of his intelligence overall, he’s a football man, he understands football, he understands the industry, he understands the evolution.
“He’s very clever, he’s very intelligent. It’s great to have him on my side.”