haaland kit “I’ve got a lot to learn from Pep Guardiola – the way he pressures referees, the way he talks to opposition players and the opposition dugout. He’s a fantastic example to follow. Today we were angels compared to them,” he said.
Some Porto fans have been unhappy with such an approach but most of them love his character.
“They see him as a homegrown guy with the authentic Porto mentality – very passionate, very intense, very proud. There are claims that he is all about attitude and not sophisticated enough, but those are minority,” Tribuna Expresso journalist Lidia Paralta Gomes says.
His previous coaching spells never lasted more than a year, and the 2015-16 season at Braga ended in a huge public spat with the president Antonio Salvador. The club statement mentioned “the coach’s conflicting, authoritarian and aggressive character” as the reason for his dismissal. That mentality, however, is key.
After winning the league and cup double last season, he told Tribuna Expresso: “Success is about rigour, discipline, some non-conformity. Some people think it is normal to win every now and then, but I am different. I always have to win.
“I have always been like that – competitive football jerseys for sale cheap and uncompromising, even with my friends and my family. I am very honest and forthright. It irritates me when people are no