I suspect that, without Mourinho, neither of the Mendes players would've happened either, or certainly not on such good deals. The Vinicius deal was (apparently) so good that it even made the Gedson deal better.Kudos to Daniel Levy, who heeded Josè advice and took advantage, or get left behind. Without Josè we could not of done the dual Real Madrid deals. He played a big part with his links and friendships at boardroom level there. Kudos to DL listening, stepping back a lot (though still heavily involved) and let his new charges, including Birch engineer things. Do not in any way underestimate Steve Hitchen’s influence. COYS!!!