The fireworks from his little Blue horse analogy and his likening of Manchester City to a Jaguar car have barely died out yet the Special One (or is it the Incredibly Tedious One?) is at it again.
This time round, he used a meticulously crafted set of statements to taunt both the Etihad outfit and Catalan giants Barcelona ahead of their cracker of a match on February 18.
The Portuguese described the current Blaugrana side as 'the worst of many, many years,' and challenged the Blues of Manchester to beat them while still maintaining that Barca were the favorites to win the tie. Simply genius, Mourinho.
Take a look at these quotes:
"Of course, by history, Barcelona is the favorite, but this Barcelona, this season, is showing that it is not the same in previous years," he told the Mirror.
"Of course they have (Lionel) Messi, he is special, and they have more than him. But I think this is the worst Barcelona of many, many years—so City have a chance."
The first time you read the quotes it might not appear so, but using these two sentences, both of which started with the word 'of course', the former Los Blancos made himself immune to ridicule regardless of the result of the match and took a dig at both rivals.
Here is why Jose is the ultimate mind trickster:
If Barca had lost the game, Mou's words would still hold as according to him this is the 'worst Barcelona of many, many years' and so, why wouldn't City beat such a side?
As such, he would have denied City their bragging rights while still proving that this Barcelona team were the worst for getting trounced by a team that, although imperious in the EPL, have not shown maturity on the European stage.
And now that Messi and co. ruled on the day? Mou had already made it clear that they were favorites. Pellegrini's men on their part sucked because in spite of having an easy chance, they just couldn't beat the WORST Barcelona of many, many years.
