Rob Beasley's book — Jose Mourinho: Up Close And Personal — has rocked football with its fascinating insight into what makes the game’s most controversial manager tick.
He exchanged regular emails and texts with the Special One and these conversations are revealed again by Sportsmail, showing just how close he came to landing the England job.
I visited Mourinho at Real Madrid in January 2013 and he gave me a quick guided tour of the superb training facilities.
I told him: ‘It’s magnificent, you’ve got everything here!’
His reply was swift and telling.