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Former Chelsea and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho admitted he was an “inch” away from signing a player who would go on to become an “all-time great” at Arsenal.
Mourinho is already regarded as one of the best bosses there has ever been, enjoying plenty of success and winning major honours with FC Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Man Utd and AS Roma.
Jose Mourinho’s honours as a manager
Year won
FC Porto
Champions League
2004
UEFA Cup
2003
Liga Portugal
2003, 2004
Taça de Portugal
2003
Portuguese Super Cup
2003
Chelsea
Premier League
2005, 2006, 2015
FA Cup
2007
League Cup
2005, 2007, 2015
Community Shield
2005
Inter Milan
Champions League
2010
Serie A
2009, 2010
Coppa Italia
2010
Italian Super Cup
2008
Real Madrid
La Liga
2012
Copa del Rey
2011
Spanish Super Cup
2012
Manchester United
League Cup
2017
Community Shield
2016
AS Roma
Europa Conference League
2022
Cristiano Ronaldo even called Mourinho the best manager he has ever worked with back in 2015, saying: “I would put him at the top, I always say that. He’s a good coach, he did many good things and won many trophies for other clubs.”
During his career, the Portuguese tactician has entertained the footballing world with some brilliant quotes and touchline moments, and he has also struck gold on numerous players in the transfer market.
Jose Mourinho’s best signings in pictures
From defensive stars at Chelsea in Ashley Cole and Petr Cech to attacking icons in Samuel Eto’o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, there have been plenty of high-profile names Mourinho has persuaded to join him down the years.
However, one of the near-misses Mourinho had in the early days of his coaching career was with Thierry Henry, who would go on to become an Arsenal icon.
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The Special One has had a way with words over the years.
Mourinho and Robson nearly signed Henry for Barcelona
Now Arsenal’s record goalscorer after a memorable eight-year spell in north London, Henry was signed from Juventus in 1999.
He won two Premier League titles at Highbury and lifted the FA Cup on three occasions, going down as one of the best players the top flight has ever seen.
Juventus only had the French forward for a matter of months before selling him to the Gunners, and they signed him from AS Monaco.
It could have been so much different, though, with Mourinho revealing in 2014 that during his time as Barcelona assistant manager to Sir Bobby Robson, the Catalan giants were an “inch” away from signing Henry from Monaco.
“When I was an assistant in Barcelona with Mr (Bobby) Robson in 1996 (we tried to sign him). He was in Monaco and he went to Juventus, we lost him by an inch. After that he was not on my radar because it was never a possibility to come to my teams. Could you imagine in that moment leaving Arsenal to come to Chelsea? I wouldn’t imagine that.
“He’s the kind of player that you need forever, especially in the Premier League where he was more than any other place. He was okay in Barcelona and the (France) national team, but the real Thierry Henry, the player that we are all going to miss forever, is the one that made unbelievable seasons and incredible history in the Premier League.”
Henry would come up against Mourinho on numerous occasions but never worked under the Portuguese boss, who called Henry “one of the all-time greats”.
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