Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has hinted at tensions behind the scenes when he was in charge.

The Portuguese spent two and a half seasons at the Red Devils, between May 2016 and December 2018.

Despite winning the Carabao Cup and Europa League, Mourinho was eventually sacked due to squad disharmony and poor results.

“I'm always committed to my club. Fans – doesn't matter. Country – doesn't matter, which club. So I think they have a feeling that I'll give everything. And because of my personality, in the end I'm always going to be more than a coach," he stated to Fabrizio Romano.

“In some club structures, then you have to be the coach, then you have to be the technical director, then you have to be the communication director, then you have to be the image that defends the club and the players – and that is something that people realize. But at the same time, that is something that the coach doesn't like.

“Because, myself as a coach, what I want to be is a coach. I think the ideal scenario is when the club has a structure that allows the coach to be the coach on the pitch and on the training ground, in the dressing room, on the touchline. But be the coach.

“I was the coach at Inter. I was the coach at Real Madrid. I was the coach in my first spell at Chelsea. I was the coach at Porto. In some other clubs, I was not the coach, so that is very difficult for a coach. But, I think, my relationship with every football club where I've worked and the fanbase, the base of everything is they see I arrive, I wear the shirt and I fight for them."