The Special One has won league titles with Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, but he says bringing the crown back to Old Trafford would top the lot.
Mourinho said: “Winning the Premier League is more difficult now — and England is the most difficult country to be the champion.
“It is the country with more teams that fight for the title.
“There are also more teams outside this top group of six or seven that have conditions to give you hard matches and to take points from you.
“So, winning here is the hardest because it’s the most competitive.
It’s the most difficult country to win it.”
United will welcome back their club-record goal-scorer Wayne Rooney on Sunday, when Everton arrive at Old Trafford.
Romelu Lukaku, the £75million Belgium striker who has swapped places with Rooney, has hit the ground running with four goals in his first five outings.
There was some surprise when United beat rivals Chelsea to sign Lukaku.
But Mourinho rejected suggestions that his presence at Old Trafford was vital in winning the Lukaku charm offensive – admitting instead that the deal was all about money.
“I don’t think it was my influence,” added the United boss. “We paid the money that Everton asked for and we paid the player the wages that his agent asked for and we paid the agents the commission that they asked for.
“I think that was the way. I don’t see another reason.
“With Romelu, my club decided to pay – and they got him.”
Mourinho has also been impressed with Marcus Rashford ’s response to being left out of the team, following the 4-0 victory over Swansea last month.
The United boss told the teenager than he had to produce more – and Rashford responded by scoring the vital opener against Leicester, after coming on as a substitute.
He followed that up with a vital World Cup winner for England against Slovakia and then marked his Champions League debut by finishing off the scoring against Basel.
Mourinho said: “I just think Marcus loves football. He loves to train, he loves to play.
“And when you love to play, you love full stadiums, you love responsibility, you love big matches.
“When I look at Marcus and Jesse Lingard, I still think they are 15 years old.
“The way they live, the way everything is simple for them, the way they train, the way they enjoy playing. I see them as kids – and football needs kids. Kids who enjoy playing."
Source: The Mirror.
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