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IS MOURINHO THE NEW DON?

IAN TOWNSEND looks at how Chelsea’s Portuguese boss appears to be becoming more like the old Leeds manager...

IN JUNE 2004, English football received an enormous shock with the arrival of a manager who was the antithesis of those who had gone before him.
Suave, erudite, witty and – even if he knew it only too well – a little bit special, Jose Mourinho swaggered into Stamford Bridge and it felt like the Premier League would never be the same.
The master of the considered quote, the darling of the media, able to juggle the demands of his ego and his paymaster whilst dis...

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