"He was certainly one of his men, he had wanted to sign him at any cost after being won over by his performances at the World Cup in South Africa, but he had been excluded from his inner circle, because his detractors -- probably correctly -- say, he wasn't part of the group of players managed by Jorge Mendes, Mourinho's own agent."
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"He was certainly one of his men, he had wanted to sign him at any cost after being won over by his performances at the World Cup in South Africa, but he had been excluded from his inner circle, because his detractors -- probably correctly -- say, he wasn't part of the group of players managed by Jorge Mendes, Mourinho's own agent."