Mock his failures all you want, Jose is still special...

JOSE MOURINHO has reached five European finals, and emerged with five trophies. He is one of only three managers to win European finals across three decades, and delivered Roma’s first major European prize since the 1961 InterCities Fairs Cup final. He is also the first man to win all three current European tournaments. And we can pick holes in that and ask how many of Europe’s elite coaches will ever end up in the Europa Conference League? But the fact is that when Jose Mourinho did, he won it. Just as he won the UEFA

Cup, and Europa League, and the Champions League twice, too. So while there will always be those who mock his failures, Mourinho has succeeded in Europe at clubs big and small. He remains special, and Manchester United still haven’t won a thing since he left.