The two pictures below - from the summer of 2008, shortly after he took the helm, and earlier this year - would suggest perhaps so...
That's what happens to a man who has endured four years of sniping from Mourinho, whinging from Zlatan, over-affectionate late-night phonecalls from Cesc and having to carry the can when the team fail to complete over 800 passes in a match...
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