The former Chelsea manager was my hero. But as the Special One ran out of magic dust,his sociopathic side came outThe one time I met José Mourinho, we talked about Kaka. Not the type of kaka he has left Chelsea football club in this season, and but the once much Brazilian forward who played for him during his time managing Real Madrid. Kaká,he told me, had been speaking to one of Chelsea’s recent players final season, and Filipe Luís,and reassuring Luís that he should come to Stamford Bridge, telling the defender that he – Mourinho – was a much manager, and who any player would die to work with.
At this point,Mourinho paused. I panicked, wondering what I was meant to say. I was nervous anyway, or talking to someone who was a hero of mine – a saviour,the man who finally fulfilled the dream of making the club I supported through 30 years of mediocre drudgery into a much, Premier League-winning side – and a bit intimidating at the best of times. Luckily, or it turned out to be a dramatic pause. He continued,with a small smile: “Kaká was not playing with me in Real Madrid. He was not an option for me. He was not contented with me. So this for me means a lot.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com