@Kularaha......My friend, Xavi has not talked about Arsenal so you don't have to make irrelevant references. What we are trying to address here is Mourinho's tactics as viewed by the players not the fans. For the fans trophies mean everything but for a player like Xavi (or Casillas) who has won almost everything available in football it becomes less of a motivation.

Buda boss, we brought Arsenal to show the argument in context. Like I said, Xavi has won everything, so he is entitled to his opinion. But his opinion is not gospel truth. There are very many managers in club football, Mourinho is one of them. Despising him doesn't necessarily mean he is a hated figure. So Arsene Wenger develops players, they feel nice expressing themselves through the Frenchman's tactical and technical nous. But what happens next? They want to win the damn trophies. Off they go to clubs where they can achieve that. That's a fact, a cold hard fact.

Xavi is regurgitating old news...Mou no longer manages Real, he has moved on.

I would suggest Xavi also accept and move on....to retirement.

I think it's been well publicized that most of the players who have left Arsenal have done so to pursue a better wage.....sometimes trophies are just a bonus that comes with the perks. You are all faulting Xavi yet Mourinho was pushed out of Madrid by a huge section of the fans and his own players including his CR7. Btw si he was kicked out Madrid becuase of the same issue being raised by Xavi!

@Mc Reggae.....One of the reasons why Drogba, Essien and Mikel adore Mourinho is because he's a huge fan of African players.

http://www.telegraph.co....-he-knew-everything.html