Jun 16, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 17 segments
This episode covers *The Special One: The Secret World of Jose Mourinho* by Diego Torres, Jerry's pick timed to Mourinho's appointment as Real Madrid manager. Jerry and Stably discuss the book's…
And so now he is having a second spell at Madrid.
Really?
Yeah.
Yeah, because it had been recommended by some journalists.
It had come up in several podcasts.
It was like a real insight into this guy.
And so it was on my list.
And when he was appointed to Madrid, I'm like, oh, this is going to be fantastic.
So I chose it.
Um, and it did not disappoint.
No.
What did you, what did you think?
Oh, uh, again, if you're not, you know, if you're not like a footy footy fan, soccer head, as I believe they're, they're known, um,
Press eject now, but yeah,
right, but if you're still with us our June Mohammed's peace be upon you You know Jose is one of those You know larger-than-life characters.
mm-hmm
like massive massive success and But has a reputation for basically being a psychopath But in a different way Just a very like pugnacious aggressive cartoonish figure that has been in in like the top echelon of soccer in the world for like going on quarter of a century now and You know, I've been following soccer I guess since like 2014 2015 something like that When he actually spoiler alert won the league with Chelsea for the whatever time, you know it was a second year there and he won the league and 2014-15 I think and You know, that was like my first experience like X my first time being exposed to Jose.
And the whole time, I've never been that interested in all these backstories.
What people say about him is, he will win something in the second year that he's at a club and then he will burn it to the ground and leave in the third year and it pretty much happens like that everywhere he is assuming he even gets into the second or third year uh lately so i never bothered to look into any of this stuff because it's like whatever who cares so this was i mean i guess eye opening it was very interesting just like kind of how like nasty he actually is and the way that he runs things I mean highly entertaining if you're not if you're not there
Yeah, I guess you know You know one doesn't have to be interested in all the gossip of the behind-the-scenes stuff to to see that he is an insane person on you know in front of the audience right um he is definitely well it's interesting you say he is a very successful pugnacious um larger than life person right he uh pits people against each other um he makes excuses for failures he hates losing
And so now he is having a second spell at Madrid.
Really?
Yeah.
Yeah, because it had been recommended by some journalists.
It had come up in several podcasts.
It was like a real insight into this guy.
And so it was on my list.
And when he was appointed to Madrid, I'm like, oh, this is going to be fantastic.
So I chose it.
Um, and it did not disappoint.
No.
What did you, what did you think?
Oh, uh, again, if you're not, you know, if you're not like a footy footy fan, soccer head, as I believe they're, they're known, um,
Press eject now, but yeah,
right, but if you're still with us our June Mohammed's peace be upon you You know Jose is one of those You know larger-than-life characters.
mm-hmm
like massive massive success and But has a reputation for basically being a psychopath But in a different way Just a very like pugnacious aggressive cartoonish figure that has been in in like the top echelon of soccer in the world for like going on quarter of a century now and You know, I've been following soccer I guess since like 2014 2015 something like that When he actually spoiler alert won the league with Chelsea for the whatever time, you know it was a second year there and he won the league and 2014-15 I think and You know, that was like my first experience like X my first time being exposed to Jose.
And the whole time, I've never been that interested in all these backstories.
What people say about him is, he will win something in the second year that he's at a club and then he will burn it to the ground and leave in the third year and it pretty much happens like that everywhere he is assuming he even gets into the second or third year uh lately so i never bothered to look into any of this stuff because it's like whatever who cares so this was i mean i guess eye opening it was very interesting just like kind of how like nasty he actually is and the way that he runs things I mean highly entertaining if you're not if you're not there
Yeah, I guess you know You know one doesn't have to be interested in all the gossip of the behind-the-scenes stuff to to see that he is an insane person on you know in front of the audience right um he is definitely well it's interesting you say he is a very successful pugnacious um larger than life person right he uh pits people against each other um he makes excuses for failures he hates losing
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