{"id":16213,"date":"2022-04-25T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/25\/former-tottenham-defender-reveals-where-it-all-went-wrong-under-jose-mourinho\/"},"modified":"2022-04-25T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:00:29","slug":"former-tottenham-defender-reveals-where-it-all-went-wrong-under-jose-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/25\/former-tottenham-defender-reveals-where-it-all-went-wrong-under-jose-mourinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Tottenham defender reveals where it all went wrong under Jose Mourinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Tottenham fullback Serge Aurier has revealed that the poor relationship between the Spurs dressing room and then assistant coach Joao Sacramento was a key reason that Jose Mourinho\u2019s time in charge in north London didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho was sacked six days before the Carabao Cup final in 2021, in what many saw as a PR move following the backlash to the Super League announcement made 24 hours earlier. While there was little doubt that his tenure in charge of the Lilywhites was doomed and becoming increasingly unpopular, the timing was suspicious.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Following the departure of Jose Mourinho, we can now confirm that Ryan Mason will take charge as Interim Head Coach for the remainder of the season.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/THFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#THFC<\/a> \u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COYS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COYS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial\/status\/1384434476982444034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And, in pinpointing where it all went wrong, Aurier, who left the club in the summer of 2021 by mutual consent, was quick to point to his subordinate, Joao Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sometimes players need more love and attention\u2019, he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2022\/04\/25\/serge-aurier-exclusive-real-reason-things-turned-sour-spurs\/?utm_content=football&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=Echobox&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1650892434-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Telegraph<\/a>. \u2018I\u2019m not speaking for Jos\u00e9, I\u2019m speaking for his assistant. Joao is a tough guy and he didn\u2019t have a good relationship with the dressing room, that\u2019s why everything deteriorated. There was a lack of good communication.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was one of his first experiences in a first team and he lacked calm with the players\u2019, the Ivorian continued. \u2018He needed to be more concerned about the person behind the player. Sometimes when you don\u2019t play a lot of s\u2014 goes through your head, and you need someone to calm you down and help you, to give you good vibes, not to send you negative messages. And I think it all started there.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Serge Aurier exclusive: The real reason things turned sour at Spurs \u2013 and why Liverpool are beatable <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danigilopez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danigilopez<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gSiBeSiF8j\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/gSiBeSiF8j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball\/status\/1518579061760606208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Aurier in with chance of Silverware<\/h2>\n<p>Serge Aurier, now with Villareal, has the chance to add another giant-killing to his list following Unai Emery\u2019s side\u2019s 2-1 aggregate win over Bayern Munich as they host Liverpool in the Champions League semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>The Yellow Submarine look to be at risk of missing out on European football totally should they not lift the Champions League, but whether they can stop the Liverpool juggernaut that is targeting an unprecedented quadruple is another matter.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/latest-premier-league-top-four-odds\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Premier League top four odds: Latest odds and tips 2021\/22<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/champions-league-betting-tips\/liverpool-vs-villarreal-betting-tips-uefa-champions-league-semi-final-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Liverpool vs Villarreal betting tips: Champions League semi-final first leg preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tottenham fullback Serge Aurier has revealed that the poor relationship between the Spurs dressing room and then assistant coach Joao Sacramento was a key reason that Jose Mourinho\u2019s time in charge in north London didn\u2019t work out. Mourinho was sacked six days before the Carabao Cup final in 2021, in what many saw as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-16213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}