Exactly 24 hours after his team’s victory against Manchester City at Old Trafford and Jose Mourinho was the centre of attention once again. This time, though, the manager of Manchester United was just trying to get his hair cut.
Visiting a hairdresser at 9pm on a Thursday may seem unconventional but the salon at the Lowry Hotel only takes one customer at a time and Mourinho’s name had been on the list since his return to his lodgings from training at 5pm.
To Mourinho’s understandable irritation, it did not prove a relaxing experience. Despite the presence of his friend and permanent shadow, Ricardo Formosinho, by the entrance, a group of autograph hunters and selfie-seekers soon formed to peer through the glass.