Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Opinion

Mourinho of the Lane?

September 20, 2007 24:00
1 min read

An innocent enquiry: might these two headlines be in any way connected?

Jol looks for advice as axe looms at Spurs

Mourinho makes shock Chelsea exit

After all, why would Spurs want another manager who loses to Arsenal when we can have The Special One?

(Nonsense, no doubt. But it's good to see Chelsea in trouble.)



Editor’s picks

01

The JC Blind Date: ‘I was hoping for a man who likes a challenge’

Credit: Gary Manhine
02

The history of the Jews – told through 100 objects

Yiddish stage and screen star Mae Simon's red shoes and the keys to the New Yiddish Theatre in London's East End
03

On a tugboat into the firing line: Why Israelis are trying to ‘escape’ from holiday beaches back to a war zone

Israeli air defence systems are activated to intercept Iranian missiles over Tel Aviv on June 16, 2025. (Image: Getty)
04

Civilians in Tel Aviv and Tehran are facing the same brutal oppressor

Protesters waving a flag of Israel (L) and the pre-revolution flag of Iran march against antisemitism in a Paris street (Getty)
05

‘I’m an autistic, non-Jewish antisemitism warrior’

Where you go, I go: Charlie Keeble at a recent rally against antisemitism on London's Waterloo Bridge

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