Jose Mourinho has given new Hull head coach Marco Silva his backing as he settles in at the KCOM Stadium, reports Sky Sports.
The two Portuguese coaches face each other on Tuesday night when Manchester United host their Premier League rivals in the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final.
Mourinho said: "He is known in Portugal as one of the good young coaches. He went to Greece and nobody knows what he did there.
"Nobody knows he was a champion and now he comes to the big one. It's a big opportunity for him so I hope he loses three matches and wins every [other] one.
"He was not given a top job immediately. He did well at a small club in Portugal then he went to Sporting, one of the top three.
"He won the cup, I think he finished second in the league then he goes to Greece and is champion with Olympiakos.
"For me, he is very stable. In spite of being a young guy, he is very experienced and very mature and I look forward to having another Portuguese guy here.
"In this case, he is from a younger generation than myself and I would love him to do well but we all know it's hard to jump when you are bottom of the Premier League."
