Premier League "If we focus on eachother, someone else wins."

Ahead of an exciting Premier League season, Jose Mourinho has suggested that it would be unwise for either he or Pep Guardiola to carry over their La Liga rivalry to England.

Mourinho was appointed Manchester United's new coach on Friday and ever since speculation has gone into overdrive about the match-up between himself and the new Manchester City coach.

When speaking to reporters in Lisbon the Portuguese coach has quashed such speculation by saying it would be unwise for the pair to focus on eachother with the Premier League so closely competitive at the top.

"I was with Pep for two years in La Liga where the champion would always be either me or him," he said.

"In the Premier League if I focus on him and Manchester City and if he focuses on me and Manchester United, another team will win the title."

After having worked in La Liga the former Real Madrid coach has long stressed the difference in competitiveness in the Premier League.

"In Germany the same team [Bayern Munich] has won the title four times in a row, in France the same team [Paris Saint-Germain] has won the title four times in a row."

"In England there have been four different champions in the last four years" he added.

Mourinho had been linked with the Portuguese national team in previous years however Fernando Santos will lead the team into this summer's European Championship.

When asked about his country's chances in France, the United coach highlighted the lack of a clear favourite before the tournament kicks off.

"I don't see any team that is a clear favourite like you could say in the years of Spain's dominance."