Jose Mourinho predicts the two teams who will contest the Champions League final

Jose Mourinho is not backing a Premier League team to reach the final of this seasons Champions League and instead believes Juventus will take on Barcelona.

The Italian side made it to last seasons showpiece but were beaten by Real Madrid, while Barca have not claimed the trophy since the 2014-15 campaign when, ironically, they beat Juve in the final.

Both teams have been kept in separate halves of the draw in this years tournament, with Juve facing Ajax in the quarter-final and Barca taking on Manchester United.

And Mourinho, who is still looking for a new job since being sacked by United in December, believes Juve and Barca have the perfect mixed of qualities required to win the Champions League.

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Juventus and Barcelona are the big candidates, but the English sides are there, as well as Ajax and Porto, Mourinho told AFP.

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Juve and Barca have experience, talent and each a special player. Normally, when you have a special player, your team is better.

He continued: We all talk about Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but I prefer to talk about Juventus and Barcelona.

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