So is the Chelsea boss now using all his powers of soccers dark arts to unsettle new Manchester United manager David Moyes?
On the face of it, no. Instead he seems to be killing the Old Trafford new-boy with kindness.
But look a bit deeper at the facts and think again.
Remember Chelsea play United at Old Trafford on August 26 in only the second game of the 2013-14 Premier League season.
Remember how on Wednesday, Mourinho declared United striker Wayne Rooney was his one and only summer transfer target.
Then he followed that up a day later with a public pitch full of advice to an unhappy player worried about his World Cup prospects... surely a thinly-veiled message to the England star.
And on day three, he focused on Moyes and the challenge ahead of him.
Either it is a carefully schemed strategy or an amazing run of coincidences.
His latest musings are typical.
The 50-year-old Blues boss highlighted how Moyes has now walked into one of the worlds biggest clubs and a set-up that is already geared up for success.
But stopping short of saying So how can he possibly fail?
And then he compares all of Moyes good fortune to the ramshackle operation he inherited at Chelsea when he first took charge in 2004. As if to say: Youve got it easy I had it tough!
Check it out.
Mourinho kicked off saying: One of the most difficult things in the club is to create a victory culture.
A place where you walk through the door and you smell the success, you smell confidence, you smell self-esteem. Where you arrive and think: This is a big club.
David is now in a big club and that is a big help. Everybody there already knows how to win. And thats a big help. Its a big club with a big winning culture and that is very important.
Point made, Mourinho was then quick to make the contrast with his own arrival at Chelsea first time around.
Back then the Blues were just a bunch of wannabes training at a rented university sports ground near Heathrow Airport rather than the state-of-the-art Cobham complex.
Speaking in Kuala Lumpur on the clubs Asian tour, he recalled: I trained at Harlington and the only cup they had from the previous season was the Malaysian Cup they won out here.
But now the club is a big club, big club, big club. Very well organised. It needed a manager to come and build the structure.
And now, if you go to Bangkok, the stadium is blue.
An obvious inference there is that Mourinho built a club. He invented a winning culture and mentality.
And that Moyes has been fortunate to inherit one.
But it did not stop there.
Mourinho also cranked up the pressure on Alex Fergusons successor by reminding him of just how big a shadow will be cast by the retired Old Trafford boss who spent 26 years in charge, winning 38 trophies.
He said: He must be the proudest man in the world. He replaced the biggest coach in English football. Now it is up to him. He has to coach, he has to decide who to buy, who to play, he has to train them every day.
He has worked so hard for so many years at Everton, waiting for a big chance. Now he has a big chance.
I cannot wish him very, very well because he is competing against me.
But if I was in Spain at this moment I would wish him very well because he deserves good things.
Mourinho then joined the debate over whether Moyes lack of silverware during his career could be a disadvantage.
The Portuguese coach, who returned to Stamford Bridge after leaving Real Madrid at the end of last season, said: He is experienced and to win trophies with Everton is not easy.
When he finished fourth with Everton or fifth, its a trophy. He doesnt take the medal home but its a trophy.
So I think he has trophies and I hope he gets some with Man United. But not many because we want some for us.
It was classic Mourinho. Appearing to say one thing but leaving you wondering if he actually means something completely different.
But there was no room for misunderstanding when he found time for a pop at Uniteds neighbours Manchester City, too zooming in on another summer of spend, spend, spend at the Etihad.
He quipped to reporters: In my first time you were always putting pressure on me saying You buy this, you spend that, you buy the title.
So I hope now it is on the other side.
Not that he thinks Citys open chequebook guarantees success. Mourinho knows that from his experience of the Bernabeu.
He added: You can have the best players but then you have other kinds of problems.
Its always difficult to win any title and the Premier League is even more difficult to win.
But Mourinho believes it will be a battle between six clubs this term to lift the crown and City are the favourites.
The six? Chelsea, United, City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool.
He concluded: All the top five or six are rivals for the title. I dont see one more of a rival than another one. Theyre all good teams and all good players.
But City just bought four important players that can improve their already fantastic squad.
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On the face of it, no. Instead he seems to be killing the Old Trafford new-boy with kindness.
But look a bit deeper at the facts and think again.
Remember Chelsea play United at Old Trafford on August 26 in only the second game of the 2013-14 Premier League season.
Remember how on Wednesday, Mourinho declared United striker Wayne Rooney was his one and only summer transfer target.
Then he followed that up a day later with a public pitch full of advice to an unhappy player worried about his World Cup prospects... surely a thinly-veiled message to the England star.
And on day three, he focused on Moyes and the challenge ahead of him.
Either it is a carefully schemed strategy or an amazing run of coincidences.
His latest musings are typical.
The 50-year-old Blues boss highlighted how Moyes has now walked into one of the worlds biggest clubs and a set-up that is already geared up for success.
But stopping short of saying So how can he possibly fail?
And then he compares all of Moyes good fortune to the ramshackle operation he inherited at Chelsea when he first took charge in 2004. As if to say: Youve got it easy I had it tough!
Check it out.
Mourinho kicked off saying: One of the most difficult things in the club is to create a victory culture.
A place where you walk through the door and you smell the success, you smell confidence, you smell self-esteem. Where you arrive and think: This is a big club.
David is now in a big club and that is a big help. Everybody there already knows how to win. And thats a big help. Its a big club with a big winning culture and that is very important.
Point made, Mourinho was then quick to make the contrast with his own arrival at Chelsea first time around.
Back then the Blues were just a bunch of wannabes training at a rented university sports ground near Heathrow Airport rather than the state-of-the-art Cobham complex.
Speaking in Kuala Lumpur on the clubs Asian tour, he recalled: I trained at Harlington and the only cup they had from the previous season was the Malaysian Cup they won out here.
But now the club is a big club, big club, big club. Very well organised. It needed a manager to come and build the structure.
And now, if you go to Bangkok, the stadium is blue.
An obvious inference there is that Mourinho built a club. He invented a winning culture and mentality.
And that Moyes has been fortunate to inherit one.
But it did not stop there.
Mourinho also cranked up the pressure on Alex Fergusons successor by reminding him of just how big a shadow will be cast by the retired Old Trafford boss who spent 26 years in charge, winning 38 trophies.
He said: He must be the proudest man in the world. He replaced the biggest coach in English football. Now it is up to him. He has to coach, he has to decide who to buy, who to play, he has to train them every day.
He has worked so hard for so many years at Everton, waiting for a big chance. Now he has a big chance.
I cannot wish him very, very well because he is competing against me.
But if I was in Spain at this moment I would wish him very well because he deserves good things.
Mourinho then joined the debate over whether Moyes lack of silverware during his career could be a disadvantage.
The Portuguese coach, who returned to Stamford Bridge after leaving Real Madrid at the end of last season, said: He is experienced and to win trophies with Everton is not easy.
When he finished fourth with Everton or fifth, its a trophy. He doesnt take the medal home but its a trophy.
So I think he has trophies and I hope he gets some with Man United. But not many because we want some for us.
It was classic Mourinho. Appearing to say one thing but leaving you wondering if he actually means something completely different.
But there was no room for misunderstanding when he found time for a pop at Uniteds neighbours Manchester City, too zooming in on another summer of spend, spend, spend at the Etihad.
He quipped to reporters: In my first time you were always putting pressure on me saying You buy this, you spend that, you buy the title.
So I hope now it is on the other side.
Not that he thinks Citys open chequebook guarantees success. Mourinho knows that from his experience of the Bernabeu.
He added: You can have the best players but then you have other kinds of problems.
Its always difficult to win any title and the Premier League is even more difficult to win.
But Mourinho believes it will be a battle between six clubs this term to lift the crown and City are the favourites.
The six? Chelsea, United, City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool.
He concluded: All the top five or six are rivals for the title. I dont see one more of a rival than another one. Theyre all good teams and all good players.
But City just bought four important players that can improve their already fantastic squad.
Read more: Jose Mourinho strikes first in mind games battle | The Sun |Sport|Football