Roma striker Ola Solbakken says he's happy playing for Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho has been critical of January signing Solbakken.

But the Norwegian says: "The relationship with him is good. He is a kind and nice man as well as warm, with him you can talk about everything, even personal things. He is a good person.

"The fact that he says I am not tactically as good as another team-mate who has been at the club for longer, it is something I understand perfectly. Ask the national team coach if a new player in the squad is as good as Martin Odegaard, I doubt he will answer yes."

Then he attacked the Norwegian media: "They interpreted it differently, even in Italy nobody wrote anything about the reproaches on the sidelines of Roma-Empoli. I wanted to get into that match, but I understand that a coach chooses something else to control the 2-0.

"He chose a player who knew the tactics best. On that occasion I was there for only a month."