Chelsea's chief executive Peter Kenyon has revealed that he sees similar qualities in Jose Mourinho to those possessed by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Peter Kenyon, who was chief executive at Manchester United before taking up a similar role at Chelsea, claims the Blues' manager, Jose Mourinho, is the closest he's yet seen to United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in Brirish football history.
After joining Chelsea in 2003, Kenyon played the lead role in bringing Mourinho from Porto - whom he had just led to Champions League glory - to Stamford Bridge to succeed the popular Italian, Claudio Ranieri.
Chief executive Kenyon said: "After the first week I didn't feel Ranieri was up to the job.
"Having been around a winner like Sir Alex, Ranieri certainly didn't come into that class, so we embarked on looking for a new manager.
"We came up with Mourinho who was young and different.
"We'd seen some of the best names but he was hungry and thought differently and I saw he had some of the same qualities as Alex Ferguson.
