Jose Mourinho is known as one of the best coaches in world football. But he's also infamous for being something of a diva. His comparisons to Uefa as some sort of shady government agent out to get him and his side don't do him any favours and he has repeatedly blamed European football's administrative body for a number of defeats in the past. Last year, Mourinho claimed his Chelsea side were the victims of a conspiracy as his side lost to Bayern Munich in the Super Cup final, saying after Ramires was sent off for a second yellow card: "I have a fantastic experience of playing with 10 men in Uefa matches." Instead of taking the defeat on the chin and moving on like any other reasonable professional might, the 'Special One' instead decided to have a dig. Mourinho is no stranger to playing the victim card, and has in the past whinged about a series of other incidents, including fixture scheduling. Towards the end of last season he moaned that his side's league game against Spurs should actually have been scheduled for a day later in order to allow his international players a bigger rest period from their midweek games. If it's not one thing it's another with the Portuguese manager, who is like a dog with a bone when he has an axe to grind.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
