José derides claim he cried after Ferguson chose Moyes

He was accused of crying, but José Mourinho responded with snorting laughter.

The Chelsea boss described as “imagination” claim he was in tears when David Moyes was given the Manchester United job instead of him, and said the author of the book in which the story appeared “should write for kids”.

Published in September 2013, El País journalist Diego Torres’s book Prepare to Lose: the Mourinho era stated United’s decision “provoked an earthquake” and that Mourinho felt badly let down by Alex Ferguson.