A new challenge beckons for the Special One

EVEN though his father was the national goalkeeper the son was not worth a curse as a player.

He was as slow as a wet week and his granny could push him off the ball. He had neither pace nor power but the brain was fast enough. The apprentice quit playing pronto, switched to the managerial side and became Jose Mourinho the self-titled Special One.

He also shed a rake of Christian names in the process, the full title is Jose Mario dos Santos Felix Mourinho.