Spanish paper El Pais is reporting that current Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was so disappointed about missing out on the Manchester United job that he cried! It was believed that the Portuguese
manager was in the running for the
United job, but when Sir Alex
Ferguson stepped down as United
manager in May his position was filled
by David Moyes. Sir Alex went on to say that Moyes was
his personal appointment, whilst
Mourinho who was later appointed
Chelsea manager claimed that he was
only ever interested in returning to his
old club. But the report taken from a book on
Mourinho's spell in Spain is to the
contrary and claims that Mourinho
went as far as using agent Jorge
Mendes to try and get Manchester
United to reconsider their decision: "On May 8, 2013 the people who
worked for the company for Gestifute,
the company's representation in the
world of football industry, awoke in a
state of excitement unknown. Jose
Mourinho kept calling employees . Its partners have heard him loud and in a
sobbing voice. The most feared man in
the company was demolished." Gestifute, the agency founded by
Jorge Mendes, have a good working
relationship with United after
engineering a number of deals for the
club and Mourinho attempted to use
this relationship to his advantage during the episode: "In the morning (he) called Mendes
(agent) to liaise with the United
urgently. Until the end, he wanted his
agent to pressure the English club in
an attempt to block any decision. It
was an act of desperation. Both knew that Mendes had put Mourinho on the
market for a year. David Gill , the
United chief executive, held regular
talks with Gestifute and was aware of
the arrangement of Mourinho. But
were not interested in him as manager." The paper claim that the decision even
disrupted his preparations as Real
Madrid faced Malaga, a game that his
side won 6-2: "That afternoon was preparing to
concentrate with the team before
playing the 36th game of the season
against Malaga at the Bernabeu. He
was filled with grief." The authenticity of these reports will
undoubtedly be questioned but with
Sir Alex's relationship with Mourinho
and Mourinho's reaction to Real
Madrid's victory over United in the
Champions League last season, you wouldn't be wrong to think that
Mourinho would have at least be
considered. Mourinho quickly moved to claim that
he had been offered the job but
rejected it, and if the report is true
wouldn't be the first time Mourinho
has tried to save face with some well
executed PR

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...and so what?