The Jose Mourinho to Manchester United rumours have been something of a saga, and the season hasn't even ended yet. Journalists, no doubt under pressure to get the most mileage out of the story, have been putting claims out, backtracking, and sitting on the fence so much that there must be plenty of splinters in backsides.One man who didn't sit on the fence is Diego Torres. He's the Spanish journalist who wrote a critical biography of Mourinho, which was the book containing the claim the Portuguese manager wept when he didn't get the Manchester United job after Ferguson.
Mourinho obviously wasn't very happy with the claims and said at the time: "I think the person who wrote that book shouldn't write books. He should write books for kids using his imagination."
Torres titled his book 'Prepare to Lose: The Mourinho Era', to think that Mourinho or his Gestifute agency would send leaks to the journalist is unrealistic. Mourinho has fallen out with many journalists, but none have probably annoyed him as much as Torres.
That hasn't stopped many supporters hanging their hopes on claims from Torres. EL Pais have published a couple of Torres articles this year which said Mourinho going to Manchester United was almost a certainty.
The article which got the most attention was published in March and Torres claimed: ''If United do not sign the final contract (with Mourinho) before May 1st, they must pay £5m; If by June 1st he's still not signed, they shall pay another £10m. May is the key, because it's the month in which the vast majority of the signings of players are closed and the plans formed.'
So, according to Torres, Manchester United have until midnight to give Mourinho a final contract to sign or it'll cost them £5m.
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