Back to the Tottenham Hotspur Newsfeed

Jose Mourinho: Tottenham boss says pressure to keep his job 'like oxygen' to him

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he lives and breathes for pressure.

The Portuguese's future at Spurs has come under scrutiny, with a run of five defeats in six Premier League games leaving them ninth in the table.

Mourinho said the last time he "felt in trouble" was when he was out of work for almost a year before taking the Spurs job in November 2019.

"The problem is if you don't have pressure," he said. "It comes like oxygen, it is our life."

Talking before Sunday's home game against Burnley (kick-off 14:00 GMT), the former Chelsea and Manchester United boss added: "I don't think there is any coach in the world without objectives or any kind of pressure.