Fulham beat Chelsea to signing of Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho may have snatched midfielder Willian from under the noses of London rivals Tottenham, but Fulham have gazumped the Chelsea boss in the signing of another player – Mourinho’s own son.
Jose Mario has put pen to paper on a one-year contract with the Cottagers, where he will represent their Under-14 side, following a successful one-month trial.

A year is the longest contract a player of his age can sign while playing abroad.

The youngster previously played in Real Madrid’s youth set-up while Jose senior was manager at the Bernabeu, but has seemingly elected not to follow his father to Stamford Bridge.

Jose Mourinho’s son has signed a one-year deal with Fulham (Picture: Getty)

 

Other players who have been managed by their fathers include Blackpool’s Tom Ince, where dad Paul is currently in charge, while Jamie Redknapp started his professional career at Bournemouth under father Harry.
But while the Chelsea boss can attract the likes of Willian, Andre Schurrle and Marco van Ginkel to the Fulham Road, he will be keeping a strictly father-son relationship with 14-year-old Jose Mario.