José Mourinho completes a European Grand Slam
Love him or loathe him (and I have no shame in admitting I fall into the former group) there can be absolutely no denying that José Mourinho knows how to win stuff. On Wednesday he guided his Roma side to victory in the first ever Europa Conference League final, meaning he has now won all five of the European finals he has been involved in – two Champions Leagues, a UEFA Cup, a Europa League and now the Conference to round off the set. In itself, that is quite a remarkable achievement. But European glory is only the tip of the Mourinho iceberg of success – he has now won an incredible 26 trophies over the course of his 22 years as a manager. True, things didn’t work out for him at Old Trafford in quite the way you would have expected. He did bag some silverware but eventually succumbed to the player power which has since driven United to all but ruin. And his time at Tottenham Hotspur was even worse, although I don’t think he was given a fair crack of the whip in London, which I still find weird considering how desperate Spurs are for trophies. But it feels like he may have found a bit of a spiritual home in Rome, somewhere he is comfortable, happy and loved in the same way he...