Roma manager, Jose Mourinho has come out to deny that he selected an all-time XI of players he’s worked with for John Obi Mikel’s podcast. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he never revealed any best XI because he has never believed in releasing such a list, so people should ignore the fake news.
Mourinho added that all that matters to him as a manager is how most of his players gave their blood, sweat and soul under his management.
His words, “Fake news: JM’s best eleven, JM picks his best eleven… Fake news. I never ever did this. I always refused to do it, it is impossible for me to do it and I didn’t do it. Fake news. I never did and I will never do. I’ve had so many top players, but the most important thing is what those players gave to me. Players who gave me everything: quality, effort, blood and soul, they are all in my best eleven. All of them. That’s why I always refused to choose my best eleven. I love my players, I respect my players. Fake news. Please respect my history and respect my boys.”
WOW.
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Italian Serie A club Roma. Dubbed “The Special One” by the British media, Mourinho is one of the most decorated managers ever and is widely considered to be among the greatest managers of all time.
Mourinho was born in 1963 to a large middle-class family in Setúbal (a suburb of the Lisbon metropolitan area), Portugal, the son of José Manuel Mourinho Félix, who was known by the name Félix Mourinho, and his wife, Maria Júlia Carrajola dos Santos. His father played football professionally for Belenenses and Vitória de Setúbal, earning one cap for Portugal in the course of his career.
His mother was a primary school teacher from an affluent background; her uncle funded the construction of the Vitória de Setúbal football stadium. The Carnation Revolution leading to the fall of António de Oliveira Salazar’s Estado Novo regime in April 1974 also led to the family losing all but a single property in nearby Palmela.
Mourinho has also been a part of social initiatives and charity work, helping with a youth project, bringing Israeli and Palestinian children together through football and donating his lucky jacket to Tsunami Relief, earning £22,000 for the charity. Since his appointment in 2014, he acts as a Global Ambassador of the United Nations’ World Food Programme.
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