5 things you (probably) didn’t know about Man United boss Jose Mourinho

The laundry bin saga

It has been reported that Mourinho attempted to beat a stadium ban while in charge of Chelsea in 2005, by hiding in a laundry basket.

The 53-year-old was given a two-game ban by UEFA for his behaviour in the Blues’ 5-4 aggregate victory over Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League, meaning that he wouldn’t be allowed to contact his players during the two-leg quarter-final tie against Bayern Munich.

However, it is alleged that Mourinho was wheeled into Stamford Bridge hidden in a laundry basket, which carried the team’s kit, to give the pre-match and half-time team talks.

He was then wheeled out of the ground 10 minutes before the end of the match, which incidentally Chelsea won 4-2, so no-one was any the wiser.