THE pundits have expressed surprise that Mr Mourinho is being so statesmanlike and considered before Real's match with United.
Some have suggested it is because he wants the Utd board to consider him in a different light to his normal Machiavellian combustible self - indeed as someone who might one day even be considered as a grown-up successor to Fergie.
I hear differently. I hear it is because he wants Man City to know he has grown up - and that helps explain why Real have been training at City rather than United.
I stick by my assertion that Mourinho will be the next boss of Chelsea - but City's interest provides an interesting sideshow.
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