Jose Mourinho celebrates Manchester United sealing EFL Cup final place and 54th birthday with cake
The Special One's cake awkwardly featured a picture of him doing what he does best - appealing a referee decision.
JOSE MOURINHO was presented with a cake as he celebrated his 54th birthday and reaching his first final with Manchester United.
The Special One watched his side taste defeat for the first time in 18 games in a 2-1 defeat against Hull.
But United set up a Wembley showdown with Southampton in the EFL Cup final as Paul Pogba's strike meant Mourinho's men were 3-2 winners overall.
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The 16-year-old Fulham keeper left him a cheeky message via social media.
He wrote: "Happy birthday old man," alongside two pictures - one old, one current - of his dad.
Daughter Matilde was a bit kinder to her highly-decorated father, writing: "Happy happy birthday," complete with a family picture.
Having also managed at Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, Mourinho has made many friends during his time in football.
Marco Materazzi and Alvaro Arbeloa both took to social media to wish him happy birthday, as did Manchester United's official Instagram account.
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Surprisingly, former United flop Memphis Depay also had good words to say about the coach who sold him.
Depay joined Lyon in a move which could eventually rise to £21million, after failing to impress Mourinho this season.
The Dutch winger said: "[Mourinho’s] words were nice. In Manchester United, I always worked as I had to.
“For me personally, it wasn’t all that easy. I needed to play, but we didn’t have a bad relationship.
“He’s a great coach and a great person. Now we’ll see here how I play. In any case, I think he has said good things about me.”
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