Jos Mourinho: Up Close and Personal (Paperback)

The gripping biography of one of the most successful managers in the game, José Mourinho, giving a rare insight into Mourinho the man as well as Mourinho the manager, up through the full 2016-2017 season. The author has followed Mourinho’s career closely since his arrival on the English soccer scene in 2004. He has been the one person granted privileged access to the Special One’s inner sanctum, and found a man few ever get to know—let alone get to call a friend. Delving into the workings of the famed manager’s mind, as well as the backroom antics and transfer sagas at the game’s greatest clubs, we see the world from José’s point of view. Revealing the untold stories behind how close Mourinho came to getting the England and Tottenham jobs and his sometimes tumultuous relationships with the likes of Roman Abramovich, Rafael Benítez, and Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger, and why he will always put family and friends before soccer, this is a side to José Mourinho you never thought you’d see.