Jose Mourinho continued his drive to reinvent himself as the 'Ordinary One'
OKOHAMA, Japan, June 6 - Newly appointed Inter Milan coach José Mourinho has continued his effort to reinvent itself as the "ordinary one" in the Far East on Friday.
The former Chelsea manager refused to confirm speculation linking Frank Lampard, Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Essien with a move to San Siro.
But Mourinho, which celebrates itself presented as a "Special One" when he arrived at Chelsea four years ago, I keep his pants when he explained why he stayed close to its former players.
"I do not think I am a special coach," the 45-year Portuguese, told a Thursday exhibition in Yokohama on Saturday.
"I just think I'm one of the good coaches in Europe who have won major competitions. The relationship I have with players is that I have with my friends - that's exactly the same.
"With friends and also with the players we have very good moments of our relationship and also bad times. But when bad weather we'll get over it in a very easy way."
Mourinho will be a foreign coach eleven against a Japanese side by the former captain Japan international Hidetoshi Nakata in a game awareness on global issues.
After training at Yokohama's Nissan Stadium, venue of the 2002 World Cup final, Mourinho refused to comment on any possible pre-season signatures.
"There is no relationship with this game and why I am here," said Mourinho, who will lead a side including Dutch pair Clarence Seedorf and Edgar Davids, Chilean Ivan Zamorano and Cameroon Patrick Mboma in Japan.
"We also have some older players," said Mourinho. "But I still very emotional when I see old players return to the game
"Maybe they have lost their legs, but the quality and football brain is still there."
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