Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro has backed his ‘friend’ Jose Mourinho to take over at Barcelona at the end of the season.
In January, Xavi announced his departure from the Spanish club. “I want to announce that on June 30, I will not continue as coach of Barcelona. I decided a few days ago, but I think it’s time,” he said in a statement.
Mourinho is now without a club after being fired by Italian team AS Roma a few weeks ago.
Peseiro told Spanish publication Sport that Mourinho’s winning mindset mirrors that of Barcelona.
He said, “They are different in their way of winning, but they win. I would like Mourinho to go to coach Barça, he has to be in a team to win everything, because he is a winner.
“What’s the problem?” In the end, it is training. I’m sure he would do well because of the demands he places on everything and everyone around him day after day, every minute, to build a team to win.”
Peseiro also revealed that he had a tight friendship with the former Chelsea boss.
He said, “I’m Portuguese, a good friend of Mourinho… I like Mou. We were together at university, we met many times to talk about football. He gave me tickets when I was at Barcelona. When Queiroz called me to go to Madrid, the first one I called was Mourinho, not my wife.”