After a summer-long but ultimately failed courtship of Chelsea's Frank Lampard Mourinho signed winger Mancini, midfielder Sulley Muntari and Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma to his squad and won his first trophy for the club in August, beating Roma to win the Italian Supercup.
Taking Inter to the top of the Serie A table, he showed why he is regarded as one of the best managers in the game.
However, as ever controversy was never far behind during his first season in Italy. Mourinho infuriated his peers by strongly hinting that Italian coaches are influenced by their club presidents when making team selections and then continued to snipe via the media.
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