Rob Beasley's book — Jose Mourinho: Up Close And Personal — has rocked football with its fascinating insight into what makes the game’s most controversial manager tick.
He exchanged regular emails and texts with the Special One and these conversations are revealed again by Sportsmail, showing just how close he came to landing the England job.
Jose is a big fan of the movies and his favourite actors are Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins.
Pushed on the two, he will admit Pacino is his No 1 choice.
So Jose’s meeting with Pacino some years ago should have been an awesome experience for him: the coming together of two great men, two revered figures, two heart- throbs even.