Jose
Mourinho says winning the Premier League Manager of the Year award is the
icing on his title-winning season but insists the cake is far more
important.
Chelsea wrapped up the title on May 3 - their first since 2010 and
Mourinho's third in two stints - and the Blues boss has been recognised for
his achievement, despite not winning a single Manager of the Month award
this term.
Despite insisting he is very happy for the recognition, the 52-year-old made
clear where his priorities lie.
Speaking exclusively to
Sky Sports, he said: "It is, as you like to
say in England, the icing on the cake, but the cake is more important than
the icing.
"The cake is the Premier League, the cake is the objective of the manager,
of the technical staff, of the squad, of the club, of the millions of
supporters, and I work for the cake, I don't work for this.
"If, at the top of the cake, I am the manager of the season, obviously I am
very happy with that."
Mourinho fought off competition from Southampton's Ronald Koeman,
Leicester's Nigel Pearson, Swansea's Garry Monk and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger
to take the award.
And after he retained the Premier League title in 2005/06 after his first
crown the year before, Mourinho says the next "cake" is already firmly on
his mind.
"The problem in football is that you are eating one cake and you are still
thinking about the next one. This is permanent.
"So I enjoy this cake very, very much, I have missed it for a while because
the last one was in the 2005/06.
"But to go back to England and win it again is a fantastic feeling."
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