Man U coach Jose Mourinho has revealed he snubbed
big money at Chinese Super League clubs to remain at Manchester United, but he
won't criticize players who decide to leave top European clubs to join Chinese
clubs due to their high wages. Big name players like Carlos Tevez, Obafemi
Martins, Oscar, Ramires and most recently John Mikel Obi have snubbed European
football for high earning sums at China, but Mourinho believes everyone's
choice should be respected.
Mourinho speaking to GQ said:
“I have already
refused a big offer to go to China, but I don’t criticise anyone who decides to
do it.
“It’s their choice,
their life. Only they can decide what they need for their future. Other
managers in the Premier League have been critical, but I am no critic.
“I am worried,
because they can offer contracts that are impossible to offer in Europe. But in
the end the player who wants to go is a player that maybe you don’t want to
keep.
“Imagine the guy who
is 24 or 25, and he wants to go? At 24, or 25? OK, goodbye, be happy… The
player who is 31 or 32, and they go for a few years and then come back with a
bank account full, OK.
“But when they are
young and they have a chance to be in the best competitions, and they still
decide to go, well maybe it is better that they go.”
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