Jose Mourinho makes Matt Doherty feel like the special one

Doherty was ‘pleasantly surprised’ by Mourinho’s sense of humour, saying real Jose bears little relation to his popular perception

Matt Doherty has been pleasantly surprised by Jose Mourinho’s sense of humour

Forget everything you think you know about Jose Mourinho — the reality is different from his public persona, Matt Doherty will testify.

Mourinho signed the 28-year-old Dubliner for Tottenham from Wolves this summer, and even before putting pen to paper, Doherty discovered that the real Jose bears little relation to his popular perception as a scowling, anti-football, scourge of referees and slackers.