After moving out of Chelsea just a year later, the Portuguese took turns in Italy and then in Spain where he took Real Madrid to a Champions League victory in 2013.
But soon after, he was sacked at the Berna Beu and Chelsea were quick to sign him for his second term.
However, Manchester United were also in search of a manager after the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson but Mourinho made a glaring statement of his intent to move to Stamford Bridge.
He said, ‘I would have turned down every job in the world – the Manchester United job, every one – for Chelsea.’