Jose Mourinho reveals the player Tottenham prevented him from signing when he was their manager

Jose Mourinho, the coach of AS Roma, has said that Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League prevented him from acquiring Kim Min-jae, a defender for Napoli.

Mourinho led Tottenham as their coach from 2019 until 2021 before departing London for Roma.

He claims that while Min-jae was playing for Fenerbahçe, Tottenham did not support him in trying to sign him.

The former manager of Chelsea and Manchester United also praised Min-jae as a high performer.

This occurred prior to Roma's 2-1 Serie A loss to Napoli on Sunday evening.

“I wanted to sign Kim Min-jae when I was at Tottenham. I had some FaceTime calls with him — our bid was €5m, Fenerbahçe wanted €10m for Kim and for Tottenham that wasn’t possible at that point,” Mourinho was quoted by Fabrizio Romano as saying.

“Now look at Kim and his level, he’s a top player.”