Jose Mourinho names his personal BEST-EVER XI, featuring EIGHT stars across his two spells at Chelsea alongside Cristiano Ronaldo but NO Man United players… so which ex-Arsenal man made it in?

  • Jose Mourinho has named his greatest-ever team of players he has coached
  • The Portuguese’s dream team was dominated by former Chelsea talents
  • Manchester United fans must be DREADING Anfield trip – It’s All Kicking Off 



Jose Mourinho has named his all-time greatest team of the players he has worked with before, and it’s dominated by former Chelsea stars.

The Portuguese is currently manager of Roma, but previously enjoyed two spells at Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Porto, Manchester United and Tottenham.

Mourinho departed the Premier League two-years ago after an unsuccessful term at Spurs before taking up the reigns at Roma as he returned to management in Italy.

His managerial achievements include three English top-flight titles, two Champions Leagues, a LaLiga title, four League Cups along with several other major honours.

Having worked with some of modern footballs very best talents, Mourinho has now revealed to the Obi One Podcast who he would pick if he was building a dream team of players he has coached. Their full episode with Mourinho will air on Monday, December 18.

Joe Mourinho has named his personal best-ever XI featuring players he has coached
Mourinho picked former Chelsea stars John Terry and Frank Lampard in his dream team
Cristiano Ronaldo was picked by Mourinho to occupy the right-wing in his greatest team

Surprisingly no players from Man United, Tottenham or Roma feature in his team, while there is only room for three previous Real Madrid players.

Mourinho worked with legendary Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas during his time in Spain but opted for Chelsea icon Petr Cech between the sticks.

The pair won three Premier League titles during their time together at Stamford Bridge, with Cech lifting the acclaim for the third time during his final year at the club before joining Arsenal.

Setting up in a 4-3-3 formation, Mourinho picked three former Chelsea players in his defence, with William Gallas, John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho all featuring.

The absence of Sergio Ramos was the most obvious missing defender given the Spaniard’s outstanding achievements for both club and country.

Inter Milan legend Javier Zanetti occupies the right-back position in Mourinho’s team.

Mourinho was spoilt for choice in midfield having coached the likes of Xabi Alonso, Deco and Wesley Sneijder, but again opted for an engineroom dominated by Blues players.

Claude Makelele takes up the defensive midfield position, with England and Chelsea favourite Frank Lampard partnering him in the middle of the park.

Former Arsenal and Real Madrid midfielder Mesut Ozil was the surprise pick in Mourinho’s team
There was space for Inter Milan legend Javier Zanetti at right-back in Mourinho’s side
Former Chelsea striker DIdier Drogba was picked to start upfront by Mourinho in his greatest team

JOSE MOURINHO’S DREAM TEAM 

GK: Petr Cech

RB: Javier Zanetti

CB: John Terry

CB: Ricardo Carvalho

LB: William Gallas

CM: Claude Makelele

CM: Frank Lampard

CM: Mesut Ozil

RW: Cristiano Ronaldo

LW: Eden Hazard

ST: Didier Drogba 

Lampard shared a brilliant relationship with Mourinho during the pairs time together in England as Chelsea enjoyed a period of dominance in the early 2000s when they battled with United for the Premier League.

Mesut Ozil was the other surprise midfield pick. Mourinho and the former Madrid and Arsenal midfielder shared a tense relationship during their time together at the Santiago Bernabeu but have since made amends.

In attack, Zlatan Ibrahimovic would largely have been expected to start upfront given Mourinho and the Swede worked together at both Inter and Man United, but Didier Drogba is instead preferred.

IT’S ALL KICKING OFF! 

It’s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.

It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify

Drogba starred under Mourinho during two spells at Chelsea and is widely regarded as one of the club’s greatest-ever strikers given his excellent goalscoring heroics.

He is flanked by Cristiano Ronaldo and Eden Hazard who both starred under the guidance of Mourinho at Real Madrid and Chelsea respectively. 

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