Jose Mourinho admits ‘hurt’ over ‘strange’ Tottenham sacking but insists he is happy at Roma

Jose Mourinho has admitted his “hurt” over his sacking by Tottenham last year, but has insisted that he is happy at Roma. Mourinho departed north London the week before the League Cup final – which Tottenham subsequently lost 1-0 under interim boss Ryan Mason – with the news largely overshadowed by the club’s involvement in the European Super League debacle. Spurs were seventh in the Premier League when Mourinho was relieved of his duties, finishing in the same place at the end of the season and only just scraping Europa Conference League qualification.

Ad/> Despite all that, he was unattached for less than a month before being snapped up by Roma. While his first season with the Giallorossi has not been an unqualified success – his side are currently sixth in Serie A, having lost 2-0 to Fiorentina on Monday – they reached the Europa Conference League final with a 1-0 win against Leicester last week, while Spurs went out at the group stage. Serie AFiorentina beat Roma to leave European race firmly in the balance12 HOURS AGO Speaking to Sky Sports, Mourinho has conceded that he was stung by the manner in which he left north London.

“I am in the maturity of my career and also my life where I don’t have bad feelings, I just try to accept things the way they are,” he said. “Yes. Yes it hurt.

I react in a funny way when I speak with some English journalists at press conferences. I always say the joke about qualifying for the [Conference League] final, I hope not to be sacked this time, because it’s something that doesn’t happen to too many coaches. “This time I cannot say I’m the privileged one, because it happened to me.

“I don’t have regrets. I don’t have bad feelings. There are lots of nice people in Tottenham and I wish