article_snippet: Basle manager Paulo Sousa tells Sportsmail. '
article_snippet: Basle manager Paulo Sousa gestures during a press conference at the Dragao stadium ahead of facing Porto .
article_snippet: And jump in is precisely what Basle manager Paulo Sousa did seven years ago when Basle manager Paulo Sousa left the safety of the Portugal junior set-up to become the face of Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone's project at Queens Park Rangers.
article_snippet: Taking the reins under a couple of Formula One moguls with a four-year plan to reach the top flight might seem like a daunting prospect for a debutant manager, but not for Basle manager Paulo Sousa. '
article_snippet: Basle manager Paulo Sousa gave me the opportunity to grow.
article_snippet: Basle manager Paulo Sousa's first job in club management was with Queens Park Rangers between 2008 and 2009 .
article_snippet: Sousa's first job in club management is widely believed that these convictions - a refusal to act merely as Flavio Briatore's touchline proxy - are what saw Basle manager Paulo Sousa ejected from the Loftus Road hotseat after just 26 games in charge.
article_snippet: Under chairman Huw Jenkins, Basle manager Paulo Sousa was given time to get Basle manager Paulo Sousa ideas across, and a subsequent seventh-placed finish –
article_snippet: But Basle manager Paulo Sousa's progress hadn't gone unnoticed, and when moneybags Leicester came calling, Basle manager Paulo Sousa couldn't resist.
article_snippet: Basle manager Paulo Sousa Basle manager Paulo Sousa was sacked after less than three months in charge – and the former Portugal international readily admits to a lapse of judgment in that summer of 2010.
article_snippet: As a player, Basle manager Paulo Sousa won the Champions League with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund (pictured) During Basle manager Paulo Sousa playing career, Basle manager Paulo Sousa also spent time with Greek giants Panathinaikos between 2000 and 2001 . '
article_snippet: Basle manager Paulo Sousa insists it was not difficult to see Basle manager Paulo Sousa former club achieve what Basle manager Paulo Sousa narrowly missed out on the previous year.
article_snippet: Instead Basle manager Paulo Sousa looked back fondly on Basle manager Paulo Sousa time there, though not everyone at his former club regards the Basle manager Paulo Sousa era with such nostalgia.
article_snippet: Indeed, if Basle manager Paulo Sousa did not deserve promotion with Swansea, few could argue that five years later, after negotiating a group containing Real Madrid and Rodgers' s Liverpool side, Basle manager Paulo Sousa hasn't earned the right to fight for a place in the quarter-finals of this year's Champions League.
article_snippet: But for Basle manager Paulo Sousa, now 44, travelling to Anfield knowing the winner would reach the last 16 was all the motivation Basle manager Paulo Sousa needed. '
article_snippet: After a 1-1 draw in the home leg two weeks ago, Basle manager Paulo Sousa admits it's a tall order.
article_snippet: who does Basle manager Paulo Sousa have Basle manager Paulo Sousa eye on in the last eight?
article_snippet: But is it only a matter of time until, once again, Basle manager Paulo Sousa Basle manager Paulo Sousa tries Jose Mourinho's luck across the English Channel?
highlights_snippet: Basle manager Paulo Sousa opens up to Sportsmail in a tell-all interview .
  
highlights_snippet: Basle manager Paulo Sousa had spells in charge of QPR, Swansea and Leicester .
  
highlights_snippet: Basle manager Paulo Sousa won the trophy twice as a player with Juventus and Dortmund .
  