Mourinho mocks Diego Torres's book, "Prepare to Lose: The Mourinho Era"

Jose Mourinho has laughed at the suggestion that he broke down in tears when he was overlooked by Manchester United, insisting Chelsea was always the preferred destination for his return to England.

Old Trafford is thought to have been Mourinho’s desired choice for his second spell in England, only for Sir Alex Ferguson to recommend David Moyes as his successor.

"Mourinho ... thought that Ferguson was, besides his ally, also his friend and godfather. He was convinced that they were tied by a relationship of genuine trust. He thought that his fabulous collection of titles constituted an 'endorsement' unreachable to any other contenders. When he knew that Ferguson had chosen Moyes, the Everton coach, he was struck by a terrible disbelief. Moyes hadn't won absolutely anything!"

In Diego Torres’ book ‘Prepare to Lose: The Mourinho Era’, it is claimed that Mourinho sobbed when he was told that Moyes would be taking over at United and viewed the decision as a betrayal by Ferguson.

Torres said that Mourinho was on the phone constantly to his sports agency Gestifute. "Mourinho wouldn't stop calling them. His 'interlocutors' had heard him sob loudly and they were spreading the word. The most feared man in the company was crushed."

The book, whose account has been denied by Mourinho's adviser, goes on to describe the Portuguese spending a sleepless night in a hotel in Madrid, "the most unfortunate hours of Mourinho's phase as Real Madrid coach. He endured them between dozing and waking, glued to his mobile phone in search of clarifications, on the night of the 7th and the morning of the 8th of May, tucked into the Sheraton Mirasierra hotel." Moyes's appointment was made official on 9 May.

Mourinho, the book says, "felt betrayed by Ferguson and feared that someone might stop taking him seriously.

Mourinho's adviser Eladio Parames has denied the book's account. "This story does not have any sense," he is quoted by the Portuguese newspaper O Jogo. "It is completely false. It has no head or tail."
Chelsea declined to comment.

“I think the person who wrote that book shouldn’t write books. He should write books for kids using his imagination,” Mourinho said.