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Mourinho has street named after him in Portugal

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has had a street named after him in Portugal.

Rua da Saude was officially renamed Avenida Jose Mourinho on Tuesday in the 54-year-old's home town of Setubal.

He said, as quoted by United's official website: "If you ask me, if I'm grateful, excited and proud, yes of course I am. I say yes to everything.

"But I still want to come to Setubal and be who I am. I come to Setubal because I love Setubal. I have my mother and I feel closer to my father. I come to Setubal because my children have never lived here and love Setubal as much or more than I do.

"Setubal remains the only city where I feel like myself, where I feel [like] Ze Mario [his Portuguese nickname], where I walk on the street and people treat me like I like to be treated."

Local mayor Maria das Dores Meira described Mourinho as a "son of Setubal, a man of the world, a global personality... one of those Setubalenses who fill us with pride because he is really special, has a special talent, has special love for their land".