Jose Mourinho challenges fans in exclusive behind the scenes footage of his latest TV advert for game Top Eleven
JOSE MOURINHO has challenged fans to step-up and prove their own managerial skills this season in a TV advert for online game Top Eleven.
In exclusive behind the scenes footage for the commercial, which will air ahead of the hotly anticipated Manchester derby, the Manchester United boss helps ordinary fans in their quests for glory.
Mourinho challenges fans in the beginning of the Top Evelen TV adA make-up artist applies layers to Mourinho's face in the central London hotelProducers of the advert stand around a smiling Mourinho in our exclusive behind-the-scenes footage
Top Eleven is the most played online football manager game ever with 140 million users worldwide and signed up the Portuguese Special One to be the face of its campaign.
Filmed in a central London hotel which was mocked up to look like a football dressing room, the behind-the-scenes clip sees Mourinho act in front of a green screen.
He even helped design a new training feature in the app which is free to download and sees players develop their own football club to compete in league, cup and friendly matches with each other online.
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Sky Sports will show the ad for the first time this weekend, ahead of the much anticipated Manchester Derby when all eyes will be on Mourinho and fierce rival Pep Guardiola.
If the rivalries in the game between users are half as intense as Mourinho and Guardiola's it will take some doing, with the duo set to meet each other in the Premier League for the first time on Saturday lunchtime.
Mourinho helped develop a training drill feature in the free-to-use app gameThe ad sees the Special One call players around the world vying for gloryJose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola will meet in the Prem for the first time on Saturday IMAGE: Action Images / Cordon Press
Former Barcelona chief Guardiola and ex-Real Madrid manager Mourinho have both tried to down play their bitter rivalry from their days in La Liga and when the Portuguese famously beat Barca in the 2010 Champions League semi-finals with Inter Milan.
> The new Top Eleven advert featuring José Mourinho airs on Friday 9th September on Sky Sports 1.
Top Eleven is a free-to-play game available for iOS, Android and on the web.
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