Jose Mourinho enlists the help of Chelsea striker Fernando Torres to become 'The Happy Hairless One'

Mourinho jokes about his latest close shave after using Torres's clippers to shave his head and praise his ability to re-grow his hair

Jose Mourinho showed off his latest hair style to the public ahead of the Champions league match with Basle (GETTY IMAGES)

Jose Mourinho latest close shave with one of his Chelsea players has appeared to have cost him dearly, after Fernando Torres and his clippers resulted in the Blues boss suffering a loss – of his hair.

Mourinho arrived at a press conference last Friday sporting a new short haircut ahead of their 3-0 Premier League victory over West Ham, and the Portuguese has now confirmed that he combined with the striker to take the “nice and cheap” option of having a trim.

Speaking ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League Group E clash with Basle, the ‘Special One’ appeared to claim a sense of follicle victory in his latest hairstyle.

“Some people can’t do what I did,” said Mourinho, amidst laughs from himself and those surrounding him. “In a couple of months I’ll have hair again. Some other people cannot do it.

“I decided to do it. I asked Fernando to give me his machine and I did it myself in front of the mirror. It’s nice and cheap.”

But a cheerful Mourinho didn’t stop there. He explained how he sent a picture to his wife before arriving home in an effort to dampen her predicted shocked reaction.

“Mrs Mourinho, I sent a picture before I arrived at home to see if I could go in… Yes, no problem,” Mourinho revealed, to further laughs as the press conference took a whole new direction from what the manager usually chooses to reveal pre-match.

The Chelsea boss has already admitted his determination to win in Switzerland this evening to ease up the London club’s December workload, as a point would be enough to see them through to the last-16 of the Champions League with one game still to play, allowing Mourinho to rotate his squad for the final group game with Steaua Bucharest in a fortnight.

The Blues face a gruelling schedule of nine matches in the final month of 2013, with fixtures against Southampton, Sunderland and Stoke preceding the Steaua game, before further Premier League encounters against Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Swansea and Liverpool as well as the Capital One Cup fifth round tie with Sunderland.

Mourinho may have chosen the wrong month to have a trim on top, with temperatures plummeting as Winter approaches (GETTY IMAGES)