Jose Mourinho gives his verdict on Chelsea, Man Utd and Tottenham ahead of next season

Jose Mourinho claims Pep Guardiola and Manchester City are “laughing at the mess” at Manchester United and Chelsea ahead of next season.

Chelsea made the surprise decision to end Mauricio Pochettino’s tenure as manager after an encouraging end to the Premier League campaign and are now set to name Enzo Maresca as his successor.

Meanwhile, United still have Erik ten Hag as manager but are carrying out an end-of-season review that will ultimately determine the Dutchman’s fate and have already drawn up a shortlist of potential replacements including Pochettino, Thomas Tuchel and Kieran McKenna. who opted to stay at Ipswich Town.

Meanwhile, Mourinho is back in charge after being sacked by Roma in January and will start work with Fenerbahce.

The 61-year-old was working as a pundit for TNT Sports for Saturday night’s Champions League final and when asked about his former clubs, he made his feelings clear.

Asked about Chelsea’s situation after deciding to part ways with Pochettino, Mourinho replied: “I have no idea.

“Tottenham I have an idea, this is Tottenham, they are always fighting to be fourth, which would be amazing between fourth, fifth, sixth, next season Europa League, of course they can win it.

“They are showing (to have) stability, they are investing more, amazing club, amazing facilities, such a beautiful stadium, you can feel it.

“Chelsea… I really don’t know.”

Asked about Manchester United, Mourinho said: “A little bit of improvement, but more of the same.

“I think at the moment Pep (Guardiola) is laughing at the mess at other clubs.”

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