The Double

The mainstream football media are convinced that there is a ‘new Mourinho' at Chelsea. Although I'm inclined to agree, I'm not entirely sure who this ‘new Mourinho' actually is.

Of course, to even ask who this ‘new Mourinho' is implies a form, a Mourinho, from whom to begin. José Mourinho was a Chelsea manager, young, Portuguese, poached from Porto after a blistering season domestically and in Europe, who was expected to grasp a small but ambitious club by the horns and haul it that final step which it couldn't take under its previous (Italian) coach.

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