The Mirror<\/em>: \u201cI\u2019m not the youngest manager any more, which believe me, is a great thing. It\u2019s better to be an experienced manager than the youngest manager in the Premier League.<\/p>\n\u201cAndre is a great example, not just for football, but life in general that age is just a number. What counts is that you are prepared and Andre is prepared to lead Chelsea and to try and win the title.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have followed him closely because his career is a fascinating story and he had that contact with Bobby Robson.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have spoken to him and everything he does breathes confidence. He\u2019s going to do extremely well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martinez’s side have finished 16th in the Premier League in his two seasons at Wigan, but he recently rejected an approach from Aston Villa for his services, choosing to stay loyal to club chairman Dave Whelan.<\/p>\n
He now says the pair have a new target for the Latics, namely qualification for European football.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe chairman has been so supportive to me. I couldn\u2019t let him down,” he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI go back to \u201995. We were at Springfield Park in the old Third Division and he said to me that in 10 years he was going to get the club into the Premier League and build a new stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe realised that dream and now our dream is to get into Europe. It\u2019s not an aim for next season, but a dream we will fight hard to make happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
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