Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers has extended his gratitude towards Jose Mourinho for having a positive impact on his coaching career.
The Portuguese great was at the helm at Chelsea when Rodgers was in charge of the youth and reserve teams and the Swans boss has spoken of the great contribution the Real Madrid tactician made for him.
"Jose was a fantastic influence for me," Rogers told Yahoo.
"When you get the chance to work with such managers it gives you a chance to learn from the best and develop. The more experience you have the better, and I have been very fortunate to be able to work with lots of very good managers, world-class managers.
"When you move into management, you're working alone - you can't look to imitate or be anyone else, and you have to carry your own ideas with you. I have then hopefully been intelligent enough to take on board the good and the bad, and work it into my own identity."
