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'Say a prayer for Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Chris Smalling': Fans take to Twitter with hilarious memes after Jose Mourinho is announced as the next Roma boss... confirming an intriguing reunion with two of his old Manchester United stars in Serie A

Jose Mourinho's shock appointment as the next Roma boss got Twitter talking on Tuesday afternoon - with hundreds saying their prayers for Chris Smalling and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

The pair were both frozen out of Manchester United when the Portuguese was in charge, and they will now be joined in Rome by their former boss.

In the minutes after the shock announcement, Mourinho was trending worldwide on social media, with a series of hilarious memes going viral.

Posting a video of Piers Morgan storming out of the Good Morning Britain studio, SPORTBible wrote: 'When Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Chris Smalling found out that Jose Mourinho was their new manager.