Looking at stills of Jose Mourinho sitting in his car at the exit gates of Roma’s Trigoria training ground this week, it is startlingly possible to view the baggage of a life spent in football for perhaps the very first time.
Suddenly and out of nowhere, Mourinho looks every one of his 60 years. His eyes are heavy, his skin pale, his hair more white than grey and starting to thin at the brow.
This is not the Jose Mourinho we think we know.
The Mourinho we think we know is eternally youthful, charismatic and energetic.