Jose Mourinho nearly signed one of Arsenal's best ever players for Barcelona

[ad_1] Former Chelsea and Manchester United supervisor Jose Mourinho admitted he was an “inch” away from signing a participant who would go on to develop into an "all-time nice” at Arsenal.

Mourinho is already considered probably the greatest bosses there has ever been, having fun with loads of success and profitable main honours with FC Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Actual Madrid, Man Utd and AS Roma.

Jose Mourinho's honours as a supervisor

Yr received

FC Porto

Champions League

2004

UEFA Cup

2003

Liga Portugal

2003, 2004

Taça de Portugal

2003

Portuguese Tremendous Cup

2003

Chelsea

Premier League

2005, 2006, 2015

FA Cup

2007

League Cup

2005, 2007, 2015

Neighborhood Defend

2005

Inter Milan

Champions League

2010

Serie A

2009, 2010

Coppa Italia

2010

Italian Tremendous Cup

2008

Actual Madrid

La Liga

2012

Copa del Rey

2011

Spanish Tremendous Cup

2012

Manchester United

League Cup

2017

Neighborhood Defend

2016

AS Roma

Europa Convention League

2022

Cristiano Ronaldo even referred to as Mourinho the perfect supervisor he has ever labored with again in 2015, saying: “I might put him on the high, I at all times say that. He’s a great coach, he did many good issues and received many trophies for different golf equipment.”

Throughout his profession, the Portuguese tactician has entertained the footballing world with some sensible quotes and touchline moments, and he has additionally struck gold on quite a few gamers within the switch market.

Jose Mourinho’s finest signings in photos

From defensive stars at Chelsea in Ashley Cole and Petr Cech to attacking icons in Samuel Eto’o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, there have been loads of high-profile names Mourinho has persuaded to affix him down the years.

Nonetheless, one of many near-misses Mourinho had within the early days of his teaching profession was with Thierry Henry, who would go on to develop into an Arsenal icon.

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Mourinho and Robson practically signed Henry for Barcelona Now Arsenal’s document goalscorer after a memorable eight-year spell in north London, Henry was signed from Juventus in 1999.

He received two Premier League titles at Highbury and lifted the FA Cup on three events, happening as probably the greatest gamers the highest flight has ever seen.

Juventus solely had the French ahead for a matter of months earlier than promoting him to the Gunners, and so they signed him from AS Monaco.

It may have been a lot totally different, although, with Mourinho revealing in 2014 that in his time as Barcelona assistant supervisor to Sir Bobby Robson, the Catalan giants have been an “inch” away from signing Henry from Monaco.

"After I was an assistant in Barcelona with Mr (Bobby) Robson in 1996 (we tried to signal him). He was in Monaco and he went to Juventus, we misplaced him by an inch. After that he was not on my radar as a result of it was by no means a chance to come back to my groups. May you think about in that second leaving Arsenal to come back to Chelsea? I would not think about that.

"He is the type of participant that you just want without end, particularly within the Premier League the place he was greater than another place. He was okay in Barcelona and the (France) nationwide staff, however the true Thierry Henry, the participant that we're all going to overlook without end, is the one which made unbelievable seasons and unbelievable historical past within the Premier League.”

Henry would come up in opposition to Mourinho on quite a few events however by no means labored below the Portuguese boss, who referred to as Henry “one of many all-time greats”.