Do football folk know something we don’t? Is there some great advantage to looking wholeheartedly miserable when you start a new job?
Jose Mourinho was on show today as he gave his first press conference as Manchester United manager, so you’d imagine he’d be pretty happy with life.
You’d imagine it, but there’s absolutely no evidence of it in the pictures from his unveiling.
And it’s not like the photo is a one-off, or he was just caught at a bad moment. Look – there are loads of them…
Jose Mourinho is looking really excited about starting at Manchester United #MUFCpic.twitter.com/ksML6WcY3I— TheFootballRepublic (@TheFootballRep) July 5, 2016
Jose Mourinho cannot hide his joy as he's unveiled as Man Utd manager at Old Trafford #MUFCpic.twitter.com/rfRdVbxuDA— Paul Higham (@SportsPaulH) July 5, 2016
Is he wishing he was still at Stamford Bridge?
No wonder he wasn’t calling himself the Happy One this time.
Asked if he is the Special One or Happy One this time, Mourinho says: "I don't know really"— Andy Hampson (@andyhampson) July 5, 2016
Whatever. He’ll never quite top Aaron Lennon.