Jose Mourinho says "obviously something happened" in the FIFA World Coach of the Year award voting

Jose Mourinho finished second to Spain boss Vicente Del Bosque in 2012. The Spanish won the Euro Cup in the same year as the Portuguese led Real Madrid to the La Liga title. That year, the then Real Madrid manager finished second in the FIFA World Coach of the Year award results as Del Bosque edged him out.

However, Jose Mourinho in 2013 spoke out saying he felt there was something wrong with the results. He echoed those statements once again in the light of the furore around FIFA’s corruption scandal.

He said: “In 2012, I was one of the three finalists and when I was told I was finishing second with a few votes behind the first, it looked normal to me.

“But then the votes were made public. And my former player, a national team captain, called me, 'Mister, there is something wrong. Because obviously, obviously, I gave you the vote, then in the list they put another coach's name and that was not me.'

Mourinho said that more than one of his close associates had the same complaint once the votes were there for everyone to see.

He added: “A few minutes later my Portuguese friend, a national team coach, called me, 'Mister, don't believe what you see in the list because obviously I vote for you.'

“And a few minutes later I got a message from another national coach, 'they changed my vote.'

“Who changed the vote? His federation? FIFA? Who?

“It is not a drama. A drama is other things but at that time I said, 'from this moment I don't go back' because obviously something happened.”

Jose Mourinho’s revival of this issues is only another blip in FIFA’s long list of issues to be tackled as there may be a possibility of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups being reallocated due to accusations of corruption in the bidding process.

Further, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa may also not be out of the woods as the selection of South Africa as a venue could also be investigated.