Guardiola, Mourinho open up about Bobby Robson impact. "My little baby, a month of age, and me and Mr Robson watching football on TV, and Mr Robson with my baby in his arms…, "Me having lunch with him and I could never pay once because he was always saying: 'I have more money than you and I have less time to live than you, so with me you don't pay for one single lunch.' Sir Bobby enjoyed a four-year stint in Mourinho's native Portugal with Sporting Lisbon and Porto, winning two titles and a cup and leaving a mark on all football fans in the country. Na década de 90, Mourinho estava no Estrela da Amadora (como preparador físico e depois, como auxiliar técnico) e no Vitória de Setúbal.Em meados da década, é contratado para trabalhar com o técnico inglês Bobby Robson, no Sporting.Mourinho ganha a alcunha de Tradutor, passando rapidamente de tradutor a auxiliar técnico adjunto de Bobby Robson. In 1992 he was a loyal assistant and translator to Sir Bobby Robson in 1992 at Sporting Lisbon. Finally, I wanted to hear what he had to say and ended up listening to him more than the rest of the assistants.”. That's the way I prefer to remember him. That is what endeared him to the likes of Guardiola, Mourinho, Ronaldo, Shearer and Gazza during his career. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Sir Bobby Robson was the mentor, the footballing father figure that guided a desperately keen Jose Mourinho through his formative years. “When I spoke with Van Gaal about going back to Portugal to be an assistant at Benfica,’ Mourinho remembered, “he said: ‘No, don’t go. "I think the most important thing in a football manager is charisma. But Robson was wowed by Mourinho's footballing ideals too. "What did he give me? Have Mercedes really pulled ahead of Red Bull at Imola? Haye: Physically superior AJ will beat Fury, Solskjaer: Semi-finals, silverware, slow starts, super-subs, Kane limps off | Mourinho: Too early to tell, Gerrard 'loved everything' about Arsenal's EL win. One La Liga title and a Copa Del Rey weren't enough to keep Mourinho at the Santiago Bernabeu, and he left the club by mutual consent slightly battered by his experience. Jose Mourinho's relationship with Sir Bobby Robson soured and his bond with Brendan Rodgers is heading the same way. It was a bold prediction that Mourinho made right. “[He was] An arrogant young man, who didn’t respect authority that much, but I did like that of him," Van Gaal revealed. "He was not submissive – he used to contradict me when I was in the wrong. A man he still refers to, out of deference, as simply “Mr Robson”. Although Vilarinho had no intention of firing Mourinho, the ex Blues boss felt threatened and he decided to test the president's resolve by asking for a contract extension. Mourinho worked with Robson as an interpreter and a coach during his spells in charge of Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Barcelona before forging a hugely successful career in management. But if Mourinho ends Tottenham's 11 year trophy drought though, he will certainly be thought of as 'The Special One' once again. In 1992, after successfully leading PSV to back-to-back Eredivisie titles, Sir Bobby Robson was hired as Sporting Lisbon boss. “He had a huge passion for Newcastle and his area, Durham. Carreira. "You can go for an incredible number of sciences that in this moment can make a football manager better, but above everything is charisma, and if you want an example of a manager with charisma, Mr Robson is, for sure, one who comes immediately to the discussion. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Then in May, Manchester United won the Europa League beating Ajax 2-0 as Mourinho maintained his record of winning every major European Cup final as a manager. The pair enjoyed a remarkable success - reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 1993-94 season, only to be toppled by Johan Cruyff's Barcelona. Lingard, Rice, Moyes - what would CL mean for Hammers? Image: Sir Bobby Robson and Jose Mourinho worked together at Barcelona in the 1996/97 season While Jose's team were getting beaten 1-0 at Boavista, 800 miles away, Sir Bobby…