JOSE Mourinho has told Saints ahead of tomorrow's League Cup final: You don't want this more than us!
Saints upset the odds against Manchester United by winning the 1976 FA Cup and Mourinho has warned a similar outcome will be on the cards unless the current crop match the desire of Claude Puel's men.
"If they want it more than us, they win," he said. "So we have to be sure that they don't want it more than us.
"That's the point. They want a lot, of course they want a lot. Of course they want a lot, but I don't think that they want it more than us.
"So I think the best team on the pitch will win and it will not depend on motivations because I don't think that they are more motivated than us."
Mourinho was not interested in talking about matching Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough's record of four wins in the competition, but pointed to the fact that United already have a trophy in the shape of the Community Shield.
This, though, is a far more important trophy and one that can help cultivate a winning mentality.
"I think when you have a taste of good things, you want to repeat," Mourinho said. "I think when you get used to winning, when you don't win, you miss it. You miss it."
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