Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho admits he's a big fan of West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis.

Mourinho says he would hire Pulis if he ever had the chance to buy an English club.

"If I own an English club, which I don't and which I'd never do, I'd sign Tony Pulis," he said. "It's as simple as that. It's a guarantee to achieve what the club wants.

"He never managed a club that wants to be champions. He never managed a club that wants a top four place. He's always managed clubs who want to survive and who want stability, and he's mathematic: what the club wants, he gives.

"His record is absolutely amazing and he does what some people don't understand - but I do - and what other people sometimes don't rate, but I do."