At 9.30am on Friday May 27, 2016, an unemployed man found himself a new job. Five minutes later he joined Instagram and posted a picture of his contract. “Manchester United Football Club Limited”, read the top of the document, “and Jose Mario Dos Santos Mourinho Felix. Service Agreement.”
Inside half an hour, the image had 11,600 likes on the image-sharing website and Mourinho had more than 45,000 followers.
In his first interview about the job he has long coveted, the Special One beamed like a wolf handed the keys to the henhouse.
“I think it comes in the right moment of my career, because Manchester United is one of those clubs you really need to be prepared for,” he smiled. “It’s a giant club and giant clubs must be for…