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Mourinho had deal to succeed Sir Alex at United

José Mourinho was set to replace Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United boss in 2013 before changing his mind and rejoining Chelsea, a new Netflix docuseries on the Portuguese manager revealed.

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