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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

José Mourinho: if he speaks, there will be trouble – but not for him

A Fenerbahce fan gets a snap of José Mourinho in the stands after his red card.
A Fenerbahce fan gets a snap of José Mourinho in the stands after his red card. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters

NO WAY, JOSÉ

For a man who famously “cannot speak”, José Mourinho invariably has plenty to say. During his pre-match press conference the day before Fenerbahce’s Bigger Vase game against Manchester United, he cut a relaxed figure who seemed to be enjoying his reunion with his former muckers from the English press pack. And why wouldn’t he? Especially when so many of them can be replied upon to greet his staggeringly unfunny gags with the kind of sycophantic, excessively loud and undeserved laughter you only ever hear at such events.

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