In his first season Mourinho spent £70m on players including Porto pair Ricardo Carvalho (£19.8m) and Paulo Ferreira (£13.3m) , but it proved to be money well spent as he guided the club to their first title in 50 years losing just one Premiership match and finishing the season 12 points ahead of runners-up Arsenal.
In that debut 2004-05 season there was also a Carling Cup win over Liverpool and no shortage of controversy, much of it featuring Liverpool. Mourinho gave Liverpool fans the 'hush' sign during the Carling Cup final and flew off the handle over a ''ghost goal'' scored by Luis Garcia in the Champions League semi-final defeat at Anfield. Alongside glittering success in that season on the pitch, Mourinho and Chelsea had numerous run-ins with the authorities.
The most high-profile case came with the Ashley Cole 'tapping-up' affair, as the boss, along with club officials, had a series of meetings with the Arsenal defender at a London hotel and led to player, manager and club being charged by the Football Association.
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