"If you look at Mourinho's career then you can immediately see that he is a great Coach who has an excellent relationship with his players," Ibra stated. "It is an honour for me to have him as a boss and I am looking forward to working together with the hope of securing lots of trophies.

"I am disappointed for Mancini," he continued. "I think he did an excellent job at Inter and gave his best.

"I don't know what happened - I will have to talk to President Massimo Moratti to find that out.

"But I learned a lot from Mancio. We won two consecutive Scudetti together and I was happy to have him as a Coach."