Samuel Eto'o Says He Prefers Jose Mourinho's Style To Pep Guardiola

Samuel Eto'o had an incredible career and worked with lots of modern greats from Lionel Messi to Ronaldinho on the pitch and Jose Mourinho to Pep Guardiola off it. The former Barcelona striker spoke exclusively to SPORTbible.

The former Barca man was pretty adamant that his ex teammate is the greatest of all time, saying, "I believe he is the greatest of this life and also of the other life.

"When he is playing, you really have the impression that he's playing a pick up game with his friends."

Speaking about special moments playing alongside the six time Ballon d'Or winner, Eto'o recalled playing against Juventus in 2005, just as the Argentinian was really making a name for himself, "I can remember specifically a game playing for the Joan Gamper Trophy against Juventus, in 2005.

"Vieira said 'Don't worry I'll get it fixed, I'll take care of him,' and then at the end of the game he came up to me and said 'That's amazing, it's absolutely impossible,' and I told him 'You saw the future number one, he is the one.'"

"It's a question of style, they each have their own style, I prefer Jose Mourinho.

"I am more friends with Jose Mourinho's style but Pep is a top top coach, so I don't think you can make a decision.

"But I can tell you this there is no other coach, no other manager, who will get to motivate his players as much Jose Mourinho does. Now there are more coaches, more managers, each with their own style but in terms of motivating and getting the most out of their players that is Jose Mourinho. For me the treble with Jose is the special one."

"Let's hope he's the one to take over from Messi."