Jose to Manchester? The Chelsea view.

Ever spotted your girlfriend subtly glancing at another man? Or perhaps the most hateful guy in the pub giving it a go at the bar whilst you nip to the toilet.

Inevitably, you fall out and a beautiful relationship comes to an end. You gave it a go twice, but this time she is gone. Free to do as she pleases, be with whoever she wants.

Welcome to the Mourinho saga.

Jose’s relationship with Chelsea was tempestuous. Put together a pair of egos such as those of Mourinho and Abramovich, and it was always going to be. Like the couple you see in a blazing rage waiting for the train who you cannot help but look at. They clashed continually.

Why it didn’t quite work this time no one knows. Mourinho lost the dressing room, which in football sees the axe wielded immediately.

There have been rumours of club doctor Eva Carneiro rocking the boat after their fallout, some of the men turning their allegiance to her. Sexual interest for some or pure moral obligation? We shall never know.

Whatever the truth turns out to be, the formula suddenly failed. For the fans, it was time to lament. The golden boy had finally pushed the board too far.

Chelsea had lost a legend of the club, no doubt about that. Like the moment Gianfranco Zola decided to hang his boots up, or when Frank Lampard sought an easier life on Stateside .

But this was a breakup, not a retirement. The Special One was now considered normal.

There is one moment that sticks in the mind of true Mourinho fans. The completion of the 2005 campaign saw the club win their first title in 50 years. Lampard charged towards the away end of the Reebok Stadium, hands thrust in the air, having secured the league championship with his second goal of the game.

But Mourinho sat alone come full time. In the dugout, in tears on his phone to his wife. This was not a snub to the fans, this was him showing that family come first.

Since then, Chelsea fans have become his family. When he returned for his second term, he said as much and it seemed like he may never leave again.

However, as we all know, there is nothing more powerful than a family feud.

After the Special One was shown the door by the Blues, Manchester United’s eyes lit up.

For Jose, it was like the couple fighting by the train. A proud man, feeling like he had been dumped. The ultimate betrayal? The way to really hurt those who had the audacity to throw him out? Cuddle up to the enemy.

A chance to really put the boot back into those who had nurtured him. They had built an empire together after all.

In the eyes of the former Porto man, Roman Abramovich had maltreated him. After he gave them everything. He is the hottest property in football and had chosen Chelsea after all.

Like the squabbling couple at the station, the intention is obvious. Start a fight and the other will retaliate. Hit Roman where it hurts. If the Chelsea board don’t want him, then there are plenty who would.

Furthermore, there is the chance to outdo a fellow professional by going to Manchester, an unpleasant side of the Portuguese manager. Louis Van Gaal, the current United manager, was proven at Mourinho’s former stomping ground Barcelona. But it was a club where the former interpreter never felt appreciated. Arguably the only reason he ever spent his tenure at Real Madrid.

Do the job better than his predecessor? Cutting to say the least, and tempting.

Like a petulant single lover, Mourinho will storm into the arms of those who now want him and may appreciate him. It will hurt his former family, and yes it will work on a professional level.

But his heart? Remains with Chelsea.