Top ten Mourinho smart answers to sarcastic comments

Jose Mourinho should have a great relationship with Chelsea supporters. 

As the man who gave them three league titles - 60 percent of the league championships their club has EVER won - you might think the Manchester United boss could expect a warm welcome when he returns to Stamford Bridge. 

Apparently not. During United's 1-0 defeat in the FA Cup quarter-final, a large number of Chelsea fans booed and jeered their former hero. 

So how did Mourinho deal with this unexpected abuse? In typical Mourinho style, of course.

"Are these people serious? Do they not remember who am I?" (Photo: AFP)

During the game, he simply held up three fingers, to remind the home support of those three league titles. Straight after the match, he went one step further - delivering one of his classic comedy putdowns: 

 

“Until the moment they have a manager that wins four Premier Leagues for them, I'm the No1. When they have somebody who wins four Premier Leagues for them, I'll be No2. For this moment, Judas is No1."

Ouch. Mind you, the Stamford Bridge boo-boys are not the first victims of a Mourinho barb. Not by a long shot. After he came up with the outstanding reply to Chelsea fans booing him, here are the best/wittiest insults ever delivered by The Special One.

Here's our top 10…

Lionel Messi

“How do you say cheating in Catalan?”

“Can Messi be suspended for acting? Barcelona is a cultural city with many great theatres and this boy has learned very well. He’s learned play-acting.

After his left-back Asier Del Horno was sent off for a 'challenge' on the Barcelona star during a 2005/06 Champions League encounter, Mourinho had a question about Messi's extra-curricular activities.

Cristiano Ronaldo

"I was manager for the first time in 2000 but, before that, I was assistant in big clubs and with big managers and coaching the best players in the world. So I was 30 and I was coaching Ronaldo - not this one [Cristiano], the real one, the Brazilian Ronaldo."

Sure the Real Madrid Galactico was delighted to hear his then boss make this comment in 2013.

Arsene Wenger

“I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea.”

An early shot, fired in 2005, in what has become a VERY long-running war between two Premier League giants.

Newcastle

"You may as well put a cow in the middle of the pitch. And then stop the game because there was a cow. You cannot do just anything in football. You have to defend with your 10 men, put the 10 men on the goal line, park the bus, but football needs a ball."

Without any hint of irony, Mourinho reacts angrily to Newcastle parking the bus against Chelsea.

Pep Guardiola

"Guardiola is a fantastic coach but I have won two Champions Leagues. He has won [only] one Champions League and that is one that would embarrass me. I would be ashamed to have won it with the scandal of Stamford Bridge and if he wins it this year it will be with the scandal of the Bernabéu.

We knew they were not pals, but this 2011 comment suggests Mourinho doesn't think his old rival has won a valid Champions League - despite lifting the trophy twice.

Didier Drogba

"I am no longer Chelsea coach, and I do not have to defend them any more, but I think it is correct if I say Drogba is a diver."

We can only presume his favourite former Chelsea player never heard this comment from the then Inter Milan boss.

Rafa Benitez

"I thought he was going to thank me for the title I gave him. Ask all the Inter fans what they think of me and him."

Not the first time he shot down Rafa - and not the last. Jose reacts to Inter winning the 2010 Club World Cup a few months after his departure. 

BONUS ENTRY! After Benitez' wife, Montse, claimed that her husband's recent managerial career has been about "tidying up the messes" left by Mourinho, the Portuguese coach responded with this withering put-down: 

“If she takes care of her husband's diet she will have less time to speak about me."

Ouch.

Claudio Ranieri

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“He’s old and he hasn’t won anything [he said this back in 2008]. I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say ‘good morning’ and ‘good afternoon.'"

Obviously he's said plenty of nicer things since Ranieri became a Premier League champion, but a few years ago, there was no great bond between the former Chelsea managers.

Carlo Ancelotti

“Many coaches have won it more than once but there is only one club that was leading 3-0 in the final and managed to lose it. He is 68 and we’ll see how many I have bagged in 23 years.”

Mourinho's thoughts on the former Real Madrid manager's multiple European Cups largely centre around the Miracle of Istanbul…