Netflix has confirmed it will air a documentary series about Jose Mourinho’s career in football next year.
Twenty years after the 61-year-old led Porto to victory in the Champions League, the series will explore his life in football. It follows in the footsteps of the hugely successful four-part Beckham series that was released in October last year.
The series will include interviews with Mourinho and players who worked under him.
Earlier this year Mourinho let slip news about the upcoming Netflix documentary at the start of January when he was still in charge at Roma.
He said: “There are things that will only be known there, they pay me well! I hadn’t signed with Roma yet, but I had given my word. A club came along and wanted me to break my agreement with Roma, which hadn’t yet been signed, and I said no.
“When the documentary comes out everyone will say I’m a total idiot. When Portugal arrived I immediately told the president about it. When Saudi Arabia arrived I immediately told the president about it. This is why I don’t think they talk to other coaches behind my back, for me it’s not like that because there is reciprocity.”
Mourinho is currently without a job after being sacked by Roma on January 16, with whom he won the Europa Conference League 2022, their first silverware in 14 years.
Since taking over at Porto, Mourinho has won 26 major trophies, including consecutive titles with Chelsea in 2005 and 2006 under Roman Abramovich’s ownership and then a treble-winning season at Inter Milan in 2011.
He also won La Liga with Real Madrid in 2012, another Premier League title in 2015 when he returned to Chelsea and the Europa League with Manchester United in 2017.
However, there’s a sense his aura has faded in recent years, especially after his disappointing spell at Tottenham Hotspur and with complaints about negative tactics.
Elsewhere his treatment of match officials – such as his behaviour towards Anthony Taylor after Roma lost last season’s Europa League final to Sevilla – has also attracted criticism.
The documentary is being produced by John Battsek, who also worked on the Beckham film, and directed by Joe Pearlman who previously worked on Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling, Now and Robbie Williams.
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