Mourinho:
"I am no one to try and praise the life of Manolo Preciado which fell apart into a thousand pieces. But in this toughest moment, as a colleague and a friend of football I want to send my humble, full of pain message to every one of his people, family, people from Sporting Gijon, Racing Santander, Levante and Villarreal which he was rescue out of Segunda Division, to every club where he left his mark."
"Manolo always was a worthy competitor. I've had the honor to meet him in Valdebebas in March. He had everything I like in sportsmen: character, openness and courage to fight against adversities of fate that were cruelly laid upon him. We've lost a football figure, but more so, a great person. All my power and support to the people who have him in their hearts. My memory of him will always be honest and permanent."