Thread by @lnvertedWinger, When Mourinho coaches a club, he starts noticing gaps in his side [...]

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When Mourinho coaches a club, he starts noticing gaps in his side and temporarily fills them with reliable veterans.

Meanwhile he buys young talents as understudies for the long term. Read up every team José has managed.

Experienced players Mourinho bought at Inter Milan:

• Lucio (Bayern) — 31 y/o.
• Samuel Eto’o (Barça) — 28 y/o.
• Goran Pandev (Lazio) — 27 y/o.
• Thiago Motta (Genoa) — 26 y/o.

Experienced players Mourinho bought at Chelsea:

• Shevshenko (Milan) — 30 y/o.
• Ballack (Bayern) — 30 y/o.
• Claudio Pizzaro (Bayern) — 29 y/o.
• Felipe Luis (Atlético) — 29 y/o.
• Falcao (Monaco) — 29 y/o.
• Rèmy (QPR) — 28 y/o.
• Pedro (Barça) — 28 y/o.

[Cont.]

[Cont.]

• Begovic (Stoke) — 28 y/o.
• Schwarzer (Fulham) - 41 y/o.
• Samuel Eto’o (Anzhi) — 31 y/o.
• Drogba (Galatasaray) — 36 y/o.

Experienced players Mourinho bought at Real Madrid:

• Modric (Spurs) — 27 y/o.
• Carvalho (Chelsea) — 32 y/o.
• Adebayor (Man City) — 28 y/o.
• Callejon (Espanyol) — 27 y/o.
• Diego Lopez (Sevilla) — 32 y/o.
• Altintop (Bayern) — 29 y/o.
• Essien (Chelsea) — 31 y/o.

Experienced players Mourinho bought at Man Utd:

• Ibrahimovic (PSG) — 35 y/o.
• Lee Grant (Stoke) — 35 y/o.
• Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) — 30 y/o.
• Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) — 29 y/o.
• Mkhitaryan (Dortmund) — 27 y/o.

Not to mention the EXISTING well-rounded players within the squads he inherited when he first became club manager.

With Chelsea he had:

• Cudicini (31 y/o)
• Makélélé (31 y/o)
• Gudjohnsen (27 y/o)
• Gallas (27 y/o)
• Lampard (26 y/o)

Not to mention the EXISTING well-rounded players within the squads he inherited when he first became club manager. With Chelsea he had:• Cudicini (31 y/o)• Makélélé (31 y/o) • Gudjohnsen (27 y/o)• Gallas (27 y/o)• Lampard (26 y/o)

José ventured to Italy and took the Inter project next. He inherited a side consisting of:

• Francesco Toldo (37 y/o)
• Júlio César (29 y/o)
• Chivu (28 y/o)
• Walter Samuel (31 y/o)
• Cordoba (32 y/o)
• Materazzi (35 y/o)
• Maicon (27 y/o)

[Cont.]

[Cont.]

• Cambiasso (28 y/o)
• Patrick Viera (33 y/o)
• Stankovic (30 y/o)

Amongst the likes of new recruits Diego Miltio (30) & Samuel Eto’o (28)...

The same Inter, with an average age of 28, is the ONLY Italian side to win the treble in Italian football history.

The Special One was back in Stamford Bridge 10 years after his first venture in Chelsea, this time with:

• Cech (31 y/o)
• Ivanovic (29 y/o)
• Terry (32 y/o)
• Ashley Cole (32 y/o)
• Cahill (28 y/o)
• Lampard (35 y/o)
• Demba ba (28 y/o)
• Fernando Torres (29 y/o)

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