"?New Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has expressed a determination to forget about the club's last three underwhelming years and focus on making what he regularly referred to as a "giant club" become great once more.
I think I've come at the right moment of my career because Man United is one of these clubs where really need to prepared for it," Mourinho told MUTV in his first interview since signing a three-year contract to take over from Louis van Gaal.
"It's what I call a giant club. Giant clubs must be for the best managers and I think I'm ready for it," he added.
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Whilst describing himself as "happy" and "proud", Mourinho is most keen to just get back to work and in the thick of things when pre-season begins in early July having spent the best part six months watching football from afar.
Discussing how he views the challenge that lies ahead, the 53-year-old explained, "We can look at our club now in two perspectives. One is the last three years (since Alex Ferguson retired), and the other is the club's history. I prefer to forget about the last three years, I prefer to focus on the giant club I have in my hands now.
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"I think what the fans are expecting me to say is that, 'I want to win'. I think what the players need to [hear] is, 'I want to win'. More than that, I need the supporters and the players to feel that [while] I say that, I think we really can. It's not just to say it.
"I want to focus on the history of this giant club and give absolutely everything - what I have and what I don't have - to try to go in the direction we all want."
Speaking about the relationship he has with United and the fans in the past, Mourinho also commented on the number of times he has brought teams to Old Trafford in the past and the warmth he has felt, even as an opposing manager.
"[The feeling] was empathy, no problems, and, in fact, I was sometimes pushed by that feeling to say things my clubs were not happy with," he recalled. "I remember, for example, when I won at Old Trafford with Real Madrid and I said that the best team lost and not many people were happy at Real Madrid."
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