When the players think you are strong and that you trust them, it helps them to have a good attitude.

I intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy. I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't. Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto.

Drogba is a fighter. He is the kind of player I would say 'With you I could go to every war.'

We are on top at the moment, but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.

If I wanted to have an easy job, working with the big protection of what I have already done before, I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.

We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can.