Mourinho is an inspiration - Nuno

Nuno Espirito Santo said he had treasured memories of playing under Jose Mourinho at Porto ahead of the pair's Premier League clash.

Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo described Jose Mourinho as "an inspiration" and said he was honoured to have been praised by the Manchester United manager ahead of his side's trip to Old Trafford.


Ahead of the visit of in-form Wolves to Manchester, Mourinho described how he felt Santo had reached the Premier League "by his own merits and credits" and hailed his former player's "fantastic work".


"Jose Mourinho was my manager for two years - what we achieved for Porto will be in our memories forever," he said.

"It's an honour that he speaks about me, but it's not about me it's about Wolves against Manchester United. What we'll see is two good teams of football trying to achieve the best result possible.

"To all the players that were in the squad [at the time] - he was a big inspiration. It will stay in our memories forever. But then things change you go on with your career personally - he was a big inspiration."



Santo's side are unbeaten in their last four games in all competitions and the coach insists they will be ready for the threat posed by Mourinho's men.

"We go there like all the games, we prepare ourselves," said Santo.

"We know Manchester United's team we know what we're going to face and we prepare for the competition.

"We know how hard it'll be but we want to compete and put our ideas on the pitch. It's our idea to put what we do in training sessions in the games so in that sense we're ready for it."