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In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto.

I always got on well with Roberto Mancini and never had a problem with him. Every manager has their own way of working, tactics, and style of play. As a player, you do what the manager says. There are misunderstandings, but generally, everything was fine under Mancini.

I think every manager is different in their own way.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

If I look myself as a manager, I have lot more to learn.

The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently.

The Italians always know that I'm not Italian.

It's not easy when you have a new manager because you have to try and adapt yourself to him, the team, training sessions, and the game.

Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.