Mourinho

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That Champions League triumph over Sir Alex made Roman Abramovich sit up and take notice as he bought out Ken Bates having watched Champions League football at Old Trafford wanting to build his dream team capable of winning it at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho is a beautiful illustrated book which is both a sumptuous celebration of The Special One's managerial career so far, and an enigmatic insight into his unique brand of football wisdom and philosophy. Never far away from the headlines, it is the drama surrounding him as much as his many successes that make him such a fascinating figure.

He tells how Jose Mourinho would use mind games to try to enhance his own image, while tarnishing his players. At the beginning of November came a hugely significant result for Mourinho to create a renewed credibility rush as he put the clubs Champions League campaign back on track.Ben Rumsby, sports correspondent at the Daily Telegraph, said it was tough picking his top five, but went for Mourinho over Fergie as he explained: Mourinho always wins, all the time, everywhere he goes. Mourinho’s future began to dominate the media agenda as he suffered meltdown on the touchline, and an uncharacteristic sequence of poor results. The impetus that would provide could yet propel them on a run of results in the Premier League that would make it possible to sneak into the top four. In 2010 he moved on to Real Madrid, where he won the Copa Del Rey and La Liga in consecutive seasons.

Beasley said: “I am delighted to have joined forces with Michael O’Mara Books for the publication of José Mourinho: Up Close and Personal. Does Diego Torres have some secret sources inside of Real Madrid that gave him information that nobody else has?

I have been very impressed by the energy and enthusiasm the O’Mara team have for the book and their superb support for me in bringing this project into print. You can learn exactly how Real found attacking solutions for every tactical situation created by opponent’s who defended with a deep, middle or high defensive line.