It' 12 years ago this weekend since Jose Mourinho won his first trophy in English football, even though the then Chelsea manager watched the climax of his team’s dramatic win over Liverpool in the 2005 League Cup final on TV.
Mourinho was removed from the touchline on police advice after inciting Liverpool fans by putting a finger to his lips after Steven Gerrard’s own goal sent the match into extra time in Cardiff.
He claims to be a changed man. When asked on Friday what it would mean to become the first United manager to win a trophy in his first season, or move alongside Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough as the only four-time winners of this competition by beating Southampton at Wembley on Sunday, he was unusually shy.