As most from the UK are aware today is the English FA cup final when Alex Fergusons Manchester United ( a US franchise ) play Jose Mourinho's Chelsea ( a Balkan tax dodge ). However this week Jose has had a bad week! see below and then listen to the reaction

Mourinho's in the doghouse

It could only happen to Jose Mourinho, couldn't it? There he is, attending a football dinner when he gets a call from the wife saying police had raided his house and were taking away his cuddly pet Yorkshire Terrier called Gullit.

Jose has come up with a lot of conspiracy theories during the season and this only confirmed his doubts - someone is out to get him.

Of course Jose did the noble thing, raced out of the dinner and grabbed the diminutive doggy from the cops and hid him somewhere, prompting the immediate arrest of the Chelsea manager, or as the police put it in their own inimitable style: "'A 44-year-old man was helping police in their enquiries."

Naturally newspapers reacted to the story with undisguised glee, with assorted "Dog's life" type of headlines with Jose being "hounded" by the police who were "barking up the wrong tree" with lots of "fur flying". Pick of the bunch was probably the Daily Mail's : "Jose Collared In Dog Row But Police Have No Leads."

This is not what Mourinho really needed in the run up to the Cup Final, although you could argue maybe it is better Jose has been worrying about his dog rather than his star players' groin strains and ruptures or whatever.

Incidentally, the sign outside Chelsea's training ground reads: "No dogs" so that's one place he can't take Gullit for walkies.

Now listen to what the man himself has to say

p/w asfc