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Ex-Man Utd boss Mourinho: What I now call Wenger...

Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has heaped praise on his old Arsenal rival Arsene Wenger.

Mourinho has put their differences to one side by hailing the Frenchman, who won three Premier League titles during his 22-year reign at the North Londoners.

Speaking to beIN Sports in France, he said: "The easiest way to remember him is to say that he is one of a kind.

“In today's football, it's impossible for a coach to be 10, 15, 20 years in the same club, it's the last one.

“I really do not think we'll see a coach stays 10 years in a club, now the players go, the players come, the pressure is immense for the coach, you do a good season, but the next one is a bit worse.

“There is a huge pressure, a tendency to the rules of today say that coaches do not stay long, if we talk about football, Wenger is a trainer of the invincible, (Claudio) Ranieri, for example, is a coach that I call 'the miracle', title of champion of Leicester .

“Wenger is one of the Invincibles: he won the Premiership with Arsenal without losing a game and that lasts over time."

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