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23rd Aug 2015

Mourinho’s son supports his dad’s least favourite team

No way Jose...

JOE

Jose Mourinho Junior is clearly a headstrong 16-year-old.

The teen is a youth team goalkeeper with Fulham, but also happens to be a big Barcelona fan – the one club that Mourinho Senior publicly detests.

Mini Mour’s favourite player is evidently Lionel Messi judging from his selfies adorning the Argentine’s shirt…

https://twitter.com/FFC_JM/status/635106352092835841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The youngster can’t be dismissed as a mere glory supporter either, seeing as he was born in the city, when his father was Louis van Gaal’s assistant at the Nou Camp.

However, considering the bitter feuds that Mourinho has engaged in with Barca during his time at Chelsea and Real Madrid, we’re going to assume Jose Jr is free to spent his pocket money as he wishes…

Jose’s beef with the club goes back years. Mourinho has accused Barcelona players of play-acting, influencing referees, and even went as far as to say that they received preferential treatment because that had a charity’s logo on their jerseys…

“Why do the opponents of Barcelona always have a man sent off? Where does this power come from? Maybe it is to give more publicity to UNICEF.”

There was also the occasion when Mourinho’s Inter Milan progressed to the Champions League final in 2010 at Barca’s expense, prompting Jose to charge around the Nou Camp pitch celebrating.

This was probably the happiest moment of Jose’s life, second only to the birth of his first son…