Jose Mourinho given cake and standing ovation by Roma players for 60th birthday… and picks one player to have a slice
Posted Friday, January 27, 2023 by Thesun.co.uk
JOSE MOURINHO was spoilt rotten on his 60th birthday by his Roma players.
But the Special One picked out just one player to have a slice of his cake.
The silver one blew out the candles in front of his players and staffCredit: Getty
A video posted on Roma's Twitter account shows the entire Roma squad and coaching staff giving Mourinho a wonderful standing ovation in the changing room.
The smiling silver fox - decked out in his club tracksuit with socks and sliders - clearly appreciated the touching gesture as his colleagues clap and chant.
Mourinho is seen walking over to the middle of the room to blow out the two candles on the chocolate cake adorned with his face before heading back towards the door.
He then returns to pick up the large knife and cut a perfectly-executed slice.
The Portuguese boss expertly carries the sponge and icing on the blade - making it look very much like a piece of cake as he balances it perfectly.
And Mourinho heads straight to Lorenzo Pellegrini in the corner and hands it over to his captain, just as he did last year on his 59th birthday.
In doing so, though, he completely snubs wantaway star Nicolo Zaniolo, who is standing directly next to his skipper.
Zaniolo looks set to leave the Stadio Olimpico with Newcastle, Manchester United and Tottenham all interested in landing the 23-year-old midfielder.
Rick Karsdorp receives a similar treatment from his manager.
Karsdorp has not featured for Roma since his boss accused him of betraying the team with his attitude.
Mourinho waves as he soaks up the adulation.
But when he is asked to do a speech, the ex-Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham boss responded in classic fashion.
He says: “What speech? Let’s go to work, we have a game on Sunday, come on.”
Roma face runaway leaders Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Luciano Spalletti's side are 12 points clear at the top of Serie A at the half-way point.
Roma know a win could give them a glimpse of launching a shock surge for the title.
The Europa Conference League winners are fifth on 37 points alongside Lazio and Inter Milan, with AC Milan just ahead of 38 and sixth-place Atalanta on 35.
As revealed by SunSport, Roma want to sign Hakim Ziyech from Chelsea to bolster their attack and end the Moroccan's Stamford Bridge struggles.
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