Former
Chelsea coach, Jose Mourinho has signed his contract to become the new
manager of Manchester United, Sky Sports News HQ has exclusively
confirmed.
According to an authoritative report on Sky Sports, Portuguese
tactician, Jose Mourinho, has put pen to paper at a central London hotel
at around 5:00pm on Thursday to succeed Louis van Gaal as the new boss
at Old Trafford.
Sky Sports News HQ exclusively broke the news after Mourinho
returned home at 5.20pm with documents in his hand and a bottle of red
wine, having met with United's executive vice chairman Ed Woodward to
complete the deal.
Mourinho symbolically wore a black and red tie for the final stage
of negotiations, and the deal is completed on the 12th anniversary of
his winning the Champions League for the first time with Porto, knocking
out United on their run to the final.
Mourinho, who has been out of work since being sacked by Chelsea in
December, replaces his former mentor Van Gaal, who was dismissed by
United two days after they won the FA Cup against Crystal Palace at
Wembley.
On Tuesday, talks between Mourinho's agent, Jorge Mendes were well
underway via phone and email and Sky sources reported that negotiations
were expected to be a formality, to be completed within 48 hours.
But Mendes and Manchester United owner, Ed Woodward were forced to
meet at United's offices in central London to rectify a number of image
rights issues, including Chelsea's ownership of Mourinho's name.
Those issues were smoothly resolved over the course of Wednesday
and Thursday and Mourinho emerged from his Chelsea home shortly before
3:00pm, suited and booted for the first time this week, where he left to
seal a job he has wanted since Sir Alex Ferguson famously stood down in
2013.
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