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Jose Mourinho orders Manchester United players to hold up three fingers to celebrate winning the 'treble'

Mourinho is determined to not let anyone forget that United won the Community Shield back in August to add to their Europa League and League Cup successes

Jack de Menezes
Thursday 25 May 2017 09:42 BST
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Jose Mourinho tells his Manchester United players to display three fingers after winning the 'treble'
Jose Mourinho tells his Manchester United players to display three fingers after winning the 'treble'

Jose Mourinho joined his Manchester United players in passionately celebrating their Europa League triumph after beating Dutch side Ajax 2-0 in Wednesday night’s final in Stockholm, adding the European trophy to the League Cup success they enjoyed earlier in the season.

The victory now means that United are just the fifth club to win all three major European trophies, following in the footsteps of Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Chelsea in winning the European Cup, the Uefa Cup or Europa League and the European Cup Winners’ Cup.

However, having secured the double this season, Mourinho was quick to correct anyone who dare claim that his side have not won another famous treble.

How? Because Mourinho begun his United career by winning the Community Shield last August by beating Leicester City in the annual curtain-raiser for the English domestic season that is, by all accounts, a glorified pre-season friendly.

But not for Mourinho, and he made sure that everyone knew it. That’s why when Wayne Rooney hoisted the Europa League trophy high into the Stockholm air on Wednesday night to spark wild celebrations among the United squad, Mourinho jumped in front of the players and staff and held up three fingers, before ordering them all to do the same to show off the fact that they had won the treble.

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Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were among those who followed Mourinho’s lead, with the Portuguese celebrating winning the competition for a second time after triumphing with Porto back in 2003.

The success means that he can now boast an incredible 20 major trophies during his managerial career during stints with Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and now United. But sorry Jose, we’re not giving you the Community Shield as a major trophy.

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