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Jose Mourinho the Best Coach in the World?
« on: May 02, 2005, 12:17:05 PM »
"... Benitez, repeatedly asked Monday if Mourinho - the self-proclaimed "special one" - was the world's best coach...?"  Is Mourinho the best coach in the world?

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Re: Jose Mourinho the Best Coach in the World?
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2005, 06:42:30 AM »
What is best coach in the World mean??? Many coaches have had far more success, Capello, Hitzfeld, Ferguson, Luxenborgo, Benitez, Hiddik, Scolari, etc have all done fantastic jobs and have had arguably more success . Right now Mourinho is doing a good job and leave it at that.
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Re: Jose Mourinho the Best Coach in the World?
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2005, 08:14:16 AM »
I inclined to agree with you, this is a question being asked in Europe and would like to get some feedback from the diehearts on this site.  I hope you get news from Europe and understand for some it is a legitimate question.

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Jose Mourinho Tactical Thinking
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 12:27:34 PM »
Jose Mourinho Tactical Thinking – Part 1

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Head Women’s Soccer Coach at Wingate University North Carolina, Gary Curneen, shares his what he learnt from the master tactician. Real Madrid conducted sessions for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in August 2012. Follow Gary on Twitter @garycurneen
 
 
 
I have been a fan of Jose Mourinho for many years. When the opportunity came to watch him work first hand with Real Madrid in Los Angeles, I signed up for the NSCAA Course right away. I have observed numerous training sessions at professional clubs with top coaches before, but this was different. I expected to get an insight to how he worked on the practice field and hear his football philosophy – what I got however, was much, much more. An insight to life at the top end of world football, a chance to see what level of organization it takes to be successful, and what techniques are used to get the best out of the best. To summarize the course in one blog would do it an injustice. Therefore, I will do three blogs that will cover his training sessions, the work of his staff, including right-hand man, Rui Faria, and this current blog, his presentation on his leadership and philosophies.
 
I just arrived on campus at UCLA to register for the NSCAA event on Sunday afternoon when Jose Mourinho and his assistant coaches were on the way to the training pitch for the afternoon session. Initially, I thought this trip would be both a public relations and commercial exercise for the Spanish giants, so expected Mourinho to be all smiles and signing autographs. He did sign a few but I did not witness a smile. A familiar face at the entrance to the field greeted him warmly and welcomed him back to UCLA. ”Welcome back Jose, look forward to catching up after your session”, the official said with excitement. “How is the pitch?” was Mourinho’s quick response. That was my first sign of why he is so successful. All business. When the boots were on and the clipboard was by his side, he had time for only work. Professional, polite, but here to do a job with his team.
 


The hugely anticipated presentation for the NSCAA group, took place in between two training sessions. Mourinho brought his staff along (six in total) who would take turns in discussing their role in the Real Madrid empire. Mourinho himself would discuss his beliefs and leadership. As he introduced his staff, Mourinho pointed out that they were all wearing fluorescent yellow Adidas shirts “like traffic wardens”. He explained that the reason for this was for the players to know the difference between coaches and players, both on and off the field. Coaches have to stand out at all time so players must not pass them the ball by mistake. Very simple, he stated, “but it works very well for us.” Mourinho’s first slide was titled, “The Secret of Our Success.” The bullet points were:


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Re: Jose Mourinho Tactical Thinking
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 12:44:33 PM »
wow..what a read...thanks elan

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Re: Jose Mourinho the Best Coach in the World?
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2013, 04:03:30 PM »
Great insight - thanks, elan  :beermug:

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Re: Jose Mourinho the Best Coach in the World?
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2013, 04:33:19 PM »
elan send we the DelBosque one nah  ;D
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Re: Jose Mourinho the Best Coach in the World?
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2013, 08:17:05 PM »
elan send we the DelBosque one nah  ;D

Del Bosque praises Guardiola´s ´fine example´
12 January 2013

http://www.soccerway.com/news/2013/January/13/del-bosque-praises-guardiolas-fine-example/

Vicente del Bosque has labelled Pep Guardiola a "fine example of a Spanish coach", while questioning Jose Mourinho's methods.

Former Barcelona coach Guardiola is enjoying a sabbatical from the sport after leaving Camp Nou at the end of last season, following a trophy-laden four years at the club.

Spain coach Del Bosque has lavished praise on Guardiola, whose services are reportedly in demand across Europe.

"He (Guardiola) has what a coach should have, and is a fine example of a Spanish coach," Del Bosque told AS.

"He had a well developed sporting strategy, good relationships with everyone and was a pleasant guy. He has earned the right to decide where he goes next.

"Coaches have the duty to set an example, because what they do is more important than what they say."

Former Real Madrid coach Del Bosque also questioned the methods of Mourinho, who is under pressure at the capital city club following an inconsistent season to date.

"Of course, it's difficult to be the coach of Madrid. Every decision you make is debated," Del Bosque said.

"We are living in an extreme world, where radical behaviour receives the most coverage. Normality doesn't sell.

"Still, it is difficult for a team without good relations to have success. Respect is earned every day. There are too many examples of authoritarian coaches who have failed, and who the players would rather forget."
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Re: Jose Mourinho the Best Coach in the World?
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2013, 11:31:32 PM »
Mourinho already a coaching great at 50
Published: Friday 25 January 2013, 17.50CET

With José Mourinho celebrating his 50th birthday on Saturday, he has already achieved more success than most coaches manage in a lifetime, notably as one of just six to have won the UEFA Champions League twice since its inception in 1992/93.

The 'Special One' can also boast seven domestic titles, four domestic cups and a UEFA Cup – a massive haul made even more spectacular by the fact the Portuguese tactician never played professional football. Interestingly, the only coach to have triumphed more than twice in Europe's top club competition – Liverpool FC's Bob Paisley – had not even led a club in his own right until he was 55.

However, by surveying what those coaches with two UEFA Champions League titles attained during their first half-centuries, UEFA.com learns that the great trainers of the modern age developed at different speeds.

José Mourinho

UEFA Champions League: 2
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 1
UEFA Super Cup: 0
League title: 7
Domestic cup: 4

It is difficult to picture Europe's football landscape without him, but it is only 11 years since a typically bullish Mourinho announced his arrival in the big time at FC Porto by promising the side would be champions the following year. He did not disappoint; he rarely does. Indeed, he also lifted the UEFA Cup in his first full season with the Dragons, eclipsing that 12 months later when he oversaw UEFA Champions League glory. He moved to Chelsea FC, proclamed himself "the special one" and lived up to that, guiding them to their first English championship in 50 years.

In 2008 it was on to FC Internazionale Milano, where he spoke Italian in his first press conference having "learned it in three weeks". He was soon up to speed on the pitch as well, steering the Nerazzurri to back-to-back titles and, in 2010, the UEFA Champions League, before taking the reins at Real Madrid CF. Could he end FC Barcelona's hegemony? Could he ever. In his second campaign, his team broke all records en route to the Liga title. What next?

Ottmar Hitzfeld
UEFA Champions League: 1
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 0
League title: 4 (plus two as player)
Domestic cup: 3 (plus one as player)

Hitzfeld was one of – if not the – most established coaches in Germany by the time he reached his half-century. Having spent the better part of his playing days in Switzerland, where he landed two league titles and a national cup with FC Basel 1893, it was fitting that he lifted his first trophy as a coach in the same country. Starting at second-tier SC Zug in 1983, he immediately won promotion yet then left for rivals FC Aarau, where he collected the Swiss Cup in his debut season.

From 1988 to 1991 he claimed five pieces of domestic silverware with Grasshopper-Club, before taking over struggling Borussia Dortmund in 1991. Dortmund lost the 1993 UEFA Cup final but Hitzfeld directed them to a UEFA Champions League triumph against the Bianconeri in 1997. After a short stint as BVB sporting director, Hitzfeld joined FC Bayern München in 1998 and won the league in his first term – aged 50. Now Switzerland's coach, with a total of seven Bundesliga championships, Hitzfeld's motto is: "Success is not everything, but everything is nothing without success."

Sir Alex Ferguson
UEFA Champions League: 0
European Cup Winners' Cup: 2
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 1
League title: 5
Domestic cup: 1

When he turned 50 in December 1991, Alex Ferguson was not yet a 'Sir' and had still to conquer the English game. He had achieved a phenomenal amount in Scotland before arriving at Manchester United FC in November 1986, aged 45 – witness a second-division title with Saint Mirren FC and three national ones with Aberdeen FC, whom he also inspired to glory in the 1982/83 European Cup Winners' Cup. England, however, was a tougher nut to crack, and in December 1989 he looked close to being dismissed: "Three years of excuses and it's still crap... ta-ra Fergie" read a banner displayed at Old Trafford.

Winning the FA Cup in 1989/90 helped ease concerns, and in the 1990/91 Cup Winners' Cup final two Mark Hughes goals earned United a 2-1 victory against Barcelona. The following season's league campaign was once more to end in disappointment, though, and Sir Alex had to wait until he was 51 to pick up the first of his 12 Premier League titles. UEFA Champions League success, meanwhile, did not come until he was 57.

Carlo Ancelotti
UEFA Champions League: 2 (plus two European Champion Clubs' Cups as player)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 2 (plus two as player)
League title: 1 (plus three as player)
Domestic cup: 1 (plus four as player)

Ancelotti celebrated his 50th birthday in June 2009 a few days after ending his successful spell at AC Milan to sign for Chelsea. He had presided over the Rossoneri's UEFA Champions League triumph of 2003, beating his former side Juventus on penalties in the final, before avenging a painful 2005 defeat by Liverpool FC in the 2007 decider. "We had eight wonderful years together," he said when leaving Milan. "It's not a sad day, just a strange one. Usually when a coach and a club go their separate ways there is conflict, but not in our case. My special relationship with Milan will never change."

The ex-Italy midfielder helped Chelsea do the double during his first term in London and he is now trying to win a league title in a third country with Paris Saint-Germain FC. He went there in December 2011, brought in by sporting director Leonardo, the man who had replaced him as Milan boss in 2009.

Vicente del Bosque (aka the Observer section :))
UEFA Champions League: 2
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 1
League title: 2 (five as player)
Domestic cup: 0 (four as player)

Prior to leading Real Madrid to an eighth European Cup success in his 50th year, 'The Quiet Man' – as Del Bosque is known – had already made his name as an attack-minded midfielder of some repute with the club he joined as a 17-year-old. Del Bosque enjoyed a fruitful career with the Merengues, scoring 27 goals in 335 games while collecting five Liga titles and four Copas del Rey.

As Madrid's youth-team coach, Del Bosque later became famed as something of an 'apagafuegos,' or one who puts out fires, when briefly taking over senior-team duties in 1994 and 1996. He grasped his chance when offered the job full-time soon afterwards, however, and led the side to UEFA Champions League final glory against fellow Liga team Valencia CF in Paris in 2000. Subsequent honours with Madrid have since been overshadowed by his unprecedented exploits at the Spain helm.

Josep Guardiola
UEFA Champions League: 2 (plus one European Cup as player)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0 (one as player)
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 2 (plus two as player)
League title: 3 (plus six as player)
Domestic cup: 2 (plus two as player)
 
Like Mourinho, the former Barcelona ball boy has acquired two UEFA Champions League crowns as a coach before his 50th birthday. Unlike his erstwhile rival from Real Madrid, however, Guardiola has another eight years to win a third before beginning his sixth decade.

As a defensive midfielder, 'Pep' first lifted the European Cup as a player with Barça in 1991/92, helping the Blaugrana win six domestic titles before hanging up his boots to take over the club's B team. Handed a shock promotion to senior duties in 2008, replacing Frank Rijkaard, the hierarchy's faith was repaid tenfold when he guided Barcelona to three successive league championships, two UEFA Champions Leagues, a UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA World Club Cup and a Copa del Rey. After taking a year out from the game, he will see if he can work similar wonders at Bayern München when he assumes control in the summer. "Pep is already learning German," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1913040.html
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Re: Jose Mourinho the Best Coach in the World?
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2013, 11:06:41 AM »
Mourinho already a coaching great at 50
Published: Friday 25 January 2013, 17.50CET

With José Mourinho celebrating his 50th birthday on Saturday, he has already achieved more success than most coaches manage in a lifetime, notably as one of just six to have won the UEFA Champions League twice since its inception in 1992/93.

The 'Special One' can also boast seven domestic titles, four domestic cups and a UEFA Cup – a massive haul made even more spectacular by the fact the Portuguese tactician never played professional football. Interestingly, the only coach to have triumphed more than twice in Europe's top club competition – Liverpool FC's Bob Paisley – had not even led a club in his own right until he was 55.

However, by surveying what those coaches with two UEFA Champions League titles attained during their first half-centuries, UEFA.com learns that the great trainers of the modern age developed at different speeds.

José Mourinho

UEFA Champions League: 2
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 1
UEFA Super Cup: 0
League title: 7
Domestic cup: 4

It is difficult to picture Europe's football landscape without him, but it is only 11 years since a typically bullish Mourinho announced his arrival in the big time at FC Porto by promising the side would be champions the following year. He did not disappoint; he rarely does. Indeed, he also lifted the UEFA Cup in his first full season with the Dragons, eclipsing that 12 months later when he oversaw UEFA Champions League glory. He moved to Chelsea FC, proclamed himself "the special one" and lived up to that, guiding them to their first English championship in 50 years.

In 2008 it was on to FC Internazionale Milano, where he spoke Italian in his first press conference having "learned it in three weeks". He was soon up to speed on the pitch as well, steering the Nerazzurri to back-to-back titles and, in 2010, the UEFA Champions League, before taking the reins at Real Madrid CF. Could he end FC Barcelona's hegemony? Could he ever. In his second campaign, his team broke all records en route to the Liga title. What next?

Ottmar Hitzfeld
UEFA Champions League: 1
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 0
League title: 4 (plus two as player)
Domestic cup: 3 (plus one as player)

Hitzfeld was one of – if not the – most established coaches in Germany by the time he reached his half-century. Having spent the better part of his playing days in Switzerland, where he landed two league titles and a national cup with FC Basel 1893, it was fitting that he lifted his first trophy as a coach in the same country. Starting at second-tier SC Zug in 1983, he immediately won promotion yet then left for rivals FC Aarau, where he collected the Swiss Cup in his debut season.

From 1988 to 1991 he claimed five pieces of domestic silverware with Grasshopper-Club, before taking over struggling Borussia Dortmund in 1991. Dortmund lost the 1993 UEFA Cup final but Hitzfeld directed them to a UEFA Champions League triumph against the Bianconeri in 1997. After a short stint as BVB sporting director, Hitzfeld joined FC Bayern München in 1998 and won the league in his first term – aged 50. Now Switzerland's coach, with a total of seven Bundesliga championships, Hitzfeld's motto is: "Success is not everything, but everything is nothing without success."

Sir Alex Ferguson
UEFA Champions League: 0
European Cup Winners' Cup: 2
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 1
League title: 5
Domestic cup: 1

When he turned 50 in December 1991, Alex Ferguson was not yet a 'Sir' and had still to conquer the English game. He had achieved a phenomenal amount in Scotland before arriving at Manchester United FC in November 1986, aged 45 – witness a second-division title with Saint Mirren FC and three national ones with Aberdeen FC, whom he also inspired to glory in the 1982/83 European Cup Winners' Cup. England, however, was a tougher nut to crack, and in December 1989 he looked close to being dismissed: "Three years of excuses and it's still crap... ta-ra Fergie" read a banner displayed at Old Trafford.

Winning the FA Cup in 1989/90 helped ease concerns, and in the 1990/91 Cup Winners' Cup final two Mark Hughes goals earned United a 2-1 victory against Barcelona. The following season's league campaign was once more to end in disappointment, though, and Sir Alex had to wait until he was 51 to pick up the first of his 12 Premier League titles. UEFA Champions League success, meanwhile, did not come until he was 57.

Carlo Ancelotti
UEFA Champions League: 2 (plus two European Champion Clubs' Cups as player)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 2 (plus two as player)
League title: 1 (plus three as player)
Domestic cup: 1 (plus four as player)

Ancelotti celebrated his 50th birthday in June 2009 a few days after ending his successful spell at AC Milan to sign for Chelsea. He had presided over the Rossoneri's UEFA Champions League triumph of 2003, beating his former side Juventus on penalties in the final, before avenging a painful 2005 defeat by Liverpool FC in the 2007 decider. "We had eight wonderful years together," he said when leaving Milan. "It's not a sad day, just a strange one. Usually when a coach and a club go their separate ways there is conflict, but not in our case. My special relationship with Milan will never change."

The ex-Italy midfielder helped Chelsea do the double during his first term in London and he is now trying to win a league title in a third country with Paris Saint-Germain FC. He went there in December 2011, brought in by sporting director Leonardo, the man who had replaced him as Milan boss in 2009.

Vicente del Bosque (aka the Observer section :))
UEFA Champions League: 2
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 1
League title: 2 (five as player)
Domestic cup: 0 (four as player)

Prior to leading Real Madrid to an eighth European Cup success in his 50th year, 'The Quiet Man' – as Del Bosque is known – had already made his name as an attack-minded midfielder of some repute with the club he joined as a 17-year-old. Del Bosque enjoyed a fruitful career with the Merengues, scoring 27 goals in 335 games while collecting five Liga titles and four Copas del Rey.

As Madrid's youth-team coach, Del Bosque later became famed as something of an 'apagafuegos,' or one who puts out fires, when briefly taking over senior-team duties in 1994 and 1996. He grasped his chance when offered the job full-time soon afterwards, however, and led the side to UEFA Champions League final glory against fellow Liga team Valencia CF in Paris in 2000. Subsequent honours with Madrid have since been overshadowed by his unprecedented exploits at the Spain helm.

Josep Guardiola
UEFA Champions League: 2 (plus one European Cup as player)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 0 (one as player)
UEFA Cup: 0
UEFA Super Cup: 2 (plus two as player)
League title: 3 (plus six as player)
Domestic cup: 2 (plus two as player)
 
Like Mourinho, the former Barcelona ball boy has acquired two UEFA Champions League crowns as a coach before his 50th birthday. Unlike his erstwhile rival from Real Madrid, however, Guardiola has another eight years to win a third before beginning his sixth decade.

As a defensive midfielder, 'Pep' first lifted the European Cup as a player with Barça in 1991/92, helping the Blaugrana win six domestic titles before hanging up his boots to take over the club's B team. Handed a shock promotion to senior duties in 2008, replacing Frank Rijkaard, the hierarchy's faith was repaid tenfold when he guided Barcelona to three successive league championships, two UEFA Champions Leagues, a UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA World Club Cup and a Copa del Rey. After taking a year out from the game, he will see if he can work similar wonders at Bayern München when he assumes control in the summer. "Pep is already learning German," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1913040.html

Ummm...Ferguson, 0 Champions Leagues??? So what Yorke dem win then??

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Re: Jose Mourinho the Best Coach in the World?
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2013, 12:11:53 PM »
Ummm...Ferguson, 0 Champions Leagues??? So what Yorke dem win then??

The article is comparing what each manager had accomplished by the time they were 50.

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« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2013, 02:42:01 PM »
Ummm...Ferguson, 0 Champions Leagues??? So what Yorke dem win then??

The article is comparing what each manager had accomplished by the time they were 50.

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« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2013, 03:00:32 PM »
Keep it coming Elan! Great insight man...

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José Mourinho 'cried' after being overlooked for Manchester United job
• Chelsea manager allegedly felt let down by Sir Alex Ferguson
• Claim made in new book by Spanish journalist Diego Torres

José Mourinho is said to have broken down in tears at the news that David Moyes had been given the Manchester United job. The allegation is contained in a book by the respected Spanish journalist Diego Torres, who writes for El País.

In the book, Prepare to Lose: the Mourinho Era, Torres says the appointment "provoked an earthquake" and that Mourinho felt let down by Sir Alex Ferguson, who had recommended Moyes to the United board.

"Mourinho ... thought that Ferguson was, besides his ally, also his friend and godfather. He was convinced that they were tied by a relationship of genuine trust. He thought that his fabulous collection of titles constituted an 'endorsement' unreachable to any other contenders. When he knew that Ferguson had elected Moyes, the Everton coach, he was struck by a terrible disbelief. Moyes hadn't won absolutely anything!"

Torres said that Mourinho was on the phone constantly to his sports agency Gestifute. "Mourinho wouldn't stop calling them. His 'interlocutors' had heard him sob loudly and they were spreading the word. The most feared man in the company was crushed."

The book, whose account has been denied by Mourinho's adviser, goes on to describe the Portuguese spending a sleepless night in a hotel in Madrid, "the most unfortunate hours of Mourinho's phase as Real Madrid coach. He endured them between dozing and waking, glued to his mobile phone in search of clarifications, on the night of the 7th and the morning of the 8th of May, tucked into the Sheraton Mirasierra hotel." Moyes's appointment was made offical on 9 May.

Mourinho, according to the book, was sure that Ferguson would call with an explanation but he heard nothing. He recalled reading comments from the United director Sir Bobby Charlton pouring scorn on the idea of him getting the job.

"He was tormented by the memory of an interview of Sir Bobby Charlton in the Guardian in December. His judgments gave him a big uncertainty. 'A United coach wouldn't do what he did to Tito Vilanova', stated Charlton, evoking the finger in the eye, when asked if he saw Mourinho as a successor for Ferguson. In regards to the admiration that Ferguson professed towards him, the veteran footballer implied that it was a fable: 'He doesn't like him that much'.

"In the morning he called Mendes so that he urgently got in touch with United. Until the end, he wanted his agent to pressure the English club as an attempt to block any operation. It was an act of desperation. They both knew that Mendes had put Mourinho in the market a year earlier."

The book says that "Mendes had already been told in the autumn of 2012 that Ferguson's first option was Pep Guardiola. He had been explained the reasons. In Gestifute, the message from a United executive rumbled like a drum: 'The problem is that when things don't work for Mou, he doesn't do club politics. He does José politics'."

Mourinho, the book says, "felt betrayed by Ferguson and feared that someone might stop taking him seriously. For years, the propaganda machine acting at his services had divulged the idea of a friendship that now was revealed as a fantasy image. To give coherence to the facts in the public light, Gestifute's advisers advised him to say that he already knew because Ferguson had called him to inform him.

"On the 9th of May, someone from Gestifute got in touch with Record newspaper to say that Ferguson offered his crown to Mourinho four months ago, but that he refused it because his wife preferred to live in London, and that was why he ended up choosing Chelsea. At the same time, Mourinho offered an interview to Sky in which he declared that Ferguson kept him in the loop about his decisions, but that he never made him the offer because he knew perfectly well that he wanted to coach Chelsea. The contradictions were not planned."

Mourinho went on to take up the offer of a second term at Chelsea from the owner Roman Abramovich. When he took up the job in June he claimed to have known of Ferguson's plans to stand down but said he was always intent on returning to Stamford Bridge.

"I knew that Ferguson was retiring many months ago," he said. "I would have turned down every job in the world – the Manchester United job, every one – for Chelsea."

Mourinho's adviser Eladio Parames has denied the book's account. "This story does not have any sense," he is quoted by the Portuguese newspaper O Jogo. "It is completely false, it has no head or tail."

Chelsea declined to comment.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/26/jose-mourinho-cried-manchester-united
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