内容摘要：Life's easier in the Champions League and Daniel Levy can take solace in that before what is gearing up to be a busy summer.

Life's easier in the Champions League and Daniel Levy can take solace in that before what is gearing up to be a busy summer.

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|The choice was between Mourinho and one-time mate Pep Guardiola.

The pair had collaborated closely in the second half of the 1990s when Mourinho was working as Bobby Robson and Louis van Gaal's assistant, and Guardiola was the Barca captain.The decision was not necessarily taken on merit - given that Mourinho had a Champions League and Premier League title on his CV, while Guardiola had only just finished his first year in management with Barca's reserves.

It was a decision that was extremely unpopular with Mourinho and went on to fuel his methods - and fuel, most notably, a desire to put victory above all else.Especially the aesthetic.