A Bola mentioned José Mourinho tried to sign Lucas Moura first for Real Madrid and then for Manchester United, and asked the player about how does it feel to finally work with him now.
“All of this made me excited to welcome him to Tottenham”, Lucas Moura told A Bola. “Confidence grows when you know your new manager has wanted to rely on your football before. This has increased the expectation and anxiety of working with him, and of course being able to return that trust. I’m very excited. Now I have to prove in my day to day practice and games that he really was right to want to count on me.”
Regarding what Moura can do differently than he used to with Mauricio Pochettino, the Brazilian has shown how happy he is to be back on the wing.
“The start of work with Mourinho has been very positive, a manager of his caliber brings a great confidence to the whole team. He’s a professional who needs no further comment. This of course moves the motivation of all players. I’m very pleased with the confidence he has particularly given me.
“I played as a starter in the first two games, then in the third I played in 20 minutes, and that was a little different from what I was playing. I feel good in the position I’m playing now, a position I like a lot. I’m not only confident, but I’m optimistic about this new Tottenham moment, and this new moment of mine too. I hope to repay the trust that José Mourinho has placed in me.”
“Every player wants to work with managers that bring that confidence, who have a winning resumé … Every player wants to work with the best. It’s not easy or difficult, the important thing is to know that your manager is a winner and that we can trust him, because he was champion where he went. This is also an added motivation. If we do what he asks, the chances of achieving our goals are very high, they are greater.”
