Jose Mourinho admits that while his Tottenham Hotspur exit hurt him he holds no bad feelings towards anyone there "even Mr Levy".
The Portuguese was relieved of his duties at Spurs just 17 months after arriving, leaving just six days before the club's Carabao Cup final against Manchester City, which they ended up losing 1-0 to Manchester City at Wembley. The timing of Mourinho's departure and chairman Daniel Levy's decision surprised most people, not least the head coach himself.
Now at Roma, who lie sixth in Serie A and will take their place in the Europa Conference League final against Feyenoord, Mourinho has been reflecting on his Spurs exit.
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"I am in the maturity of my career and also my life where I don't have bad feelings. I just try to accept the things the way they are," told Sky Sports. "Yes. Yes it hurt.
"I take it in a funny way when I speak with some English journalists at press conferences. I always come with the joke about qualifying for the [Conference League] Final, I hope not to be sacked this time, because it's something that doesn't happen to too many coaches.
"This time I cannot say I'm the privileged one, because it happened to me. I don't have regrets. I don't have bad feelings. There are lots of nice people in Tottenham and I wish them the best. Even to Mr Levy. But for a guy with my career and my history I think it was a strange thing to happen, but in the end it opened the door for me to be in Rome and I'm very happy to be in Rome."
He added: "Of course I would love to be in a position of fighting to win titles or to be in the Champions League where I played 160 or 170 games there. But I am loved here [in Rome]. I love the people here. I feel very much a part of the empathy created between the fans and the club and myself and the players. I'm very happy here."
