A man so arrogant yet so charismatic. He shares a love-hate relationship with the media and footballing paparazzi, he is well loved by fans on his side, but so detestable to fans of opposing teams. He is blunt, yet his words are strangely prophetic and wise, in the footballing sense that is. He is unafraid of any opponent, yet he respects all opponents. He plays boring football at times, but hey... they reap fantastic results.
Such is Jose Mourinho, the self proclaimed Special One. It is that undeniable charisma of a man who has led a struggling Italian giant in its European campaign to attaining European glory in just over two years, above and beyond the likes of Barcelona and Bayern Munich. He has single handedly put Serie A back on the world map of footballing dynasties.
I don't quite think Jose achieved his best at Chelsea. He was sacked prematurely. To me, Jose didn't believe in beautiful soccer, he believed in intelligent football and Chelski under its Russian owner wanted Joga Bonito. Alas, Jose proved he is no fluke when he first won the coveted European trophy with FC Porto.
If anyone should deny Jose the honor of being called the Special One in managing footballing teams, they should really look at his record, 2 European trophies already, multiple championships in various countries, that is a track record of success. No one likes a loudmouth, worse; no one likes a loudmouth that actually attains what he says he can.
To be the best that ever lived is one claim that Jose will have the rest of his career to live up to but boy... never has anyone in his generation coming closer to that than Jose himself. And guess what, he gets to steady the ship at the ultra entertaining but substance-lacking circus of football clubs; Real Madrid.
Will Jose get the best out of Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema, Alonso and Raul? Don't bet against it.
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