Jose Mourinho must put players first

"Is the battle of the managers as exciting as the battle of the players on the pitch?" Graeme Souness glared the lad down, shaking his head.

“The game is about players. Always has been, always will be. Players are the most important people in football.

“These are all great managers, but they’d be the first ones to go ‘don’t talk about me’, maybe with one exception.”