Arsene Wenger is yet to record a win over Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho since the latter took over at Stamford Bridge in 2003, and former Blues striker Tony Cascarino believes the Gunners would have won the Premier League title with the 52-year-old Portuguese at the helm at the Emirates Stadium.
Mourinho led Chelsea to their first title in five years last season Cascarino says Mourinho gives the west London side the edge in the championship race.
He is convinced Arsenal or Manchester City can emerge league champions if Mourinho was the one coaching them instead of Wenger or Manuel Pellegrini especially with his head to head edge over Wenger.
In other words, Mourinho, who has won trophies with FC Porto, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, is better than Wenger and City’s Pellegrini ‘tactically’.
“The difference between Chelsea and their rivals is the manager,” Cascarino told Sky Sports.
“I believe that if Mourinho was manager of Arsenal, he’d have won the league. Likewise with Man City. That’s the quality he brings.
“John Terry said Petr Cech is worth 15 points. Maybe so. Mourinho is worth more than that to Chelsea.
“We saw two Chelseas in the season. We saw a very entertaining one and then, when it got tight, they became tight and didn’t give too much away. That’s to do with the manager. City boss Pellegrini and Arsenal’s Wenger have tactical issues to address, says Cascarino
“How did they win the league? By being tactically brilliant. It’s no coincidence that in the last two years none of their major rivals have been able to beat them.
“That’s a massive disadvantage for them; he’s hurting every one of his rivals every time they play.”
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