Jose Mourinho reveals how he swerved two-game touchline ban at Chelsea before Champions League clash with laundry basket trick

Jose Mourinho has revealed all about the time he swerved a touchline ban during his time at Chelsea by hiding in a laundry basket.

The Portuguese was speaking weeks after being fired by Manchester United.

And he recalled the time he was handed a two-game touchline ban by UEFA in 2005 but executed a clever plan to ensure he could speak to his players before the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich in 2005.

“I go to the dressing room during the day so I was there from midday and the game is seven o’clock. I just want to be in the dressing room when the players arrive,” the 55-year-old said on beIN Sports.

“I went there and nobody saw me. The problem was to leave after. And Stewart Bannister the kit man put me in the basket. It was a little bit open so I could breathe.

“But when he is taking it outside the dressing room, the UEFA guys were following and desperate to find me so he closed the box and I couldn’t breathe! When he opened the box I was dying! I am serious! I was claustrophobic, I promise! It’s true!”

Mourinho has also revealed job offers have arrived since he hit the open market, but he is not ready just yet to return to the game.

“I refused already three jobs because I didn’t feel it was what I want,” Mourinho added.