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Man Utd boss Mourinho 'less obsessive about football these days'

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho admits he's less obsessive about football these days.

He is currently in his first season as Manchester United boss and feels his calmer outlook is having a positive effect at Old Trafford.

Mourinho told France Football: "Mourinho the man tries to be the opposite of what the manager is. He tries to be discreet and calm. To find a way to disconnect.

"I can go home and not watch a football match, not think about football. I can do that.

"At the start of my career, I couldn't. I was switched on 24 hours a day. I had to find a kind of maturity.

"Today I feel comfortable with my personality as a man. I've matured, I'm more at peace. A win no longer represents the moon to me, and a defeat no longer means hell. And I think I can transmit that serenity to the people who work with me, my players.

"I have the same ambitions as before, the same involvement and the same professionalism. But I am more in control of my emotions."

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