Chelsea hero Joe Cole has spoken of working with Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho.
Writing for coachesvoice.com, Cole declared: "From the moment he came in, you could sense this guy was going to take the club on to that next level.
"Straight away, he 'got' me. I mean, he cracked the whip with me a lot. And looking back, there were times when I was really mad with him, but he knew what he was doing.
"He knew how to wind me up and get a performance out of me. He knew that if he dropped me, when he brought me on for 20 minutes in the next game he was going to get 20 minutes of the best I could give."
Cole also highlighted Mourinho's man-management of Frank Lampard.
"He'd praise someone in the press. I think he said about Frank being the best player in the world," Cole added.
"Frank was such a warrior but he didn't realise how good he was. Maybe him saying that to Frank, as soon as he said it, Frank's shoulders just went back and you got 10 per cent more out of him.
"He went on to become one of the exceptional midfielders of his generation. He knew what to say to get things out of different people."