The Portuguese claimed he was "special" when he arrived as Chelsea coach in 2004 on the back of Champions League glory with Porto, but with a month to go before his Serie A coaching debut, he admits he still has much to learn.

"Fabio Capello has stated that my arrival as coach in Italy could only bring just one per cent more to Inter? I agree," Mourinho told Inter's television station.

"It's true that in Italy there are many good coaches, not only now but in the past there have been generations of great coaches.

"I am here to learn and not to act as a professor.

"Those who think they know everything are ignorant, I am not.

"I want to learn something each day.

"For me it's a privilege to work in Italy and to be able to train in such a competition as Serie A, facing teams that have great coaches. The day I think I know everything and that I have nothing to learn, that will be the day that I will stop coaching."