Ibrahimovic, Sneijder, Cole left out of Mourinho's all-time XI of players he's coached

Jose Mourinho has named his all-time XI made up of players that he has coached and there are certainly some eye-brow raising selections.

Current Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho

Current Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho Source: Getty Images

Jose Mourinho's XI - 4-4-2 Diamond midfield formation

Goalkeeper:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: David de Gea, Hugo Lloris, Thibaut Courtois, Julio Cesar, Iker Casillas, Vítor Baía, Mark Schwarzer.

Mourinho's choice: Petr Cech (195 appearances under Mourinho)

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Left-back:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: Marcelo, Nuno Valente, Ashley Cole, Cristian Chivu, César Azpilicueta.

Mourinho's choice: William Gallas (91 appearances under Mourinho)

Centre-backs:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: Jorge Costa, Lucio, Walter Samuel, Marco Materazzi, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Gary Cahill.

Mourinho's choices: Ricardo Carvalho (256 appearances under Mourinho) John Terry (266 appearances under Mourinho)

Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur - Capital One Cup Final


Right-back:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: Paulo Ferreira, Maicon, Alvaro Arbeola, Branislav Ivanović. 

Mourinho's choice: Javier Zanetti (106 appearances under Mourinho)

FC Inter's coach Jose Mourinho (R) speak


Central defensive midfielder:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: Costinha, John Obi Mikel, Nemanja Matic, Xabi Alonso, Sami Khedira, Michael Carrick, Esteban Cambiasso, Thiago Motta, Patrick Vieria. 


Mourinho's choice: Claude Makelele (138 appearances under Mourinho)

Left midfielder:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: Maniche, Damien Duff, Angel Di Maria. 

Mourinho's choice: Mesut Ozil 

 

Real Madrid's Portuguese coach Jose Mour


Right midfielder:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: Michael Essien, Luis Figo, Paul Pogba.

Mourinho's choice: Frank Lampard

Champions League - Chelsea v Barcelona

Centre attacking midfielder:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: Deco, Joe Cole, Dejan Stankovic, Wesley Sneijder, Kaka, Cesc Fabregas, Juan Mata. 

Mourinho's choice: Eden Hazard. 

Left striker:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: Hernan Crespo, Benni McCarthy, Adriano, Samuel Eto’o, Son Heung-min.

Mourinho's choice: Cristiano Ronaldo.

Right striker:

Options he could have chosen but didn't: Eidur Gudjohnsen, Arjen Robben, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Diego Milito, Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuain, Diego Costa, Romelu Lukaku, Harry Kane. 

Mourinho's choice: Didier Drogba.


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Published 31 March 2020 2:31pm
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