Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is adamant that La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid would struggle to dominate in the Premier League, according to reports from talkSPORT.

Barca and Real are undoubtedly the two biggest teams in Spain, with the two clubs winning the country’s last 11 league titles apart from last year’s shock triumph by Atletico Madrid.

However, the Blues manager feels that they will not have the same level of success in the English top flight, as there is a much bigger gap between the top clubs and the rest in other European countries.

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“I was in Spain, but I didn’t enjoy,” he said.

“I didn’t enjoy it because I won a title with a record in Spain with 100 points and 121 goals, but we played only three or four matches all season.

“I lost a title with 92 points, but again we played only four or five matches in the season.

“You feel the pressure that you have to win every match because if you don’t you are not champions. You have to win and win and win. But it is a big, big gap between the giants and the others.

“In matches in other countries you can win matches when you are resting. In Spain and in Italy, I won lots of matches resting. Where you can think, ‘what next’. Where you can think which European game is coming, where you can rest players.

“This season I rested a few players against Bradford and I lost against Bradford. And that is English football. You are winning 2-0 and if you concede a goal you know you are going to have hell for the last few minutes and you might draw 2-2 and lose two points.

“This is the reality of the Premier League. You have no time. It’s not just about the number of matches, it’s the intensity. And it’s not just physical intensity, you feel the intensity mentally."

With three games left to spare, Chelsea were crowned champions following a 1-0 victory against Crystal Palace at the beginning of the month.

This was Mourinho’s third Premier League title after his previous two during his first stint at Stamford Bridge, but the Portuguese boss has yet to win the Champions League with the Blues.

‘The Special One’ won Europe’s top tier competition with FC Porto back in 2004, and then with Inter Milan in 2010.

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