Joe Cole has surprisingly claimed that he learned more under Rudi Garcia at Lille than he did from Jose Mourinho or Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea. He is most known from his seven seasons at Chelsea where he won three Premier League titles in total under Mourinho and Ancelotti. He told the Athletic: 'I was 29 going to Lille and had worked under people like Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti, but I learned more at that age, tactically, from Rudi than under any of my previous managers. Ligue 1 is often placed behind the Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A and Bundesliga in terms of the quality of football. 'The overall quality wasn’t as good as the Premier League but, technically and tactically, it was right up there, and still is.

Source: Express February 25, 2022 07:55 UTC