...AND I’VE BEEN SPECIAL DURING THE LAST FIVE MATCHES SAYS JOSE

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JOSE MOURINHO has declared himself the Special No.1 – top of the pile over the last five games.

For weeks he has been pointing out that Tottenham would be in the top four if the season had started the day he took over in November.

But ahead of the trip to Crystal Palace, he made up yet another imaginary title race of his own.

“If you think I need to show something, okay I’m going to try,” he said when asked about proving he was still one of the game’s top managers. “Let’s go for an easy one: I’m fourth in the league.

“When I arrived, Tottenham were 14th, eight points difference to Arsenal, I think, 12 or 14 to a Champions League position.

“If you think it’s bad to be fourth in the league, that’s your opinion.

“But if you want to laugh a little bit with me, I am the champion of the last five matches. You can give me that medal – ‘Champion of the Last Five Matches, 13 points’!

“Honestly, I’m not worried about proving things or not… It’s not anything that can come from outside that’s going to motivate me more or less or put more or less pressure on me, it’s just my nature. I don’t need that.”

The reality is he needs a favour from his old club Chelsea just for European qualification.

Frank Lampard’s side need to hold Wolves in the final game of the season if Mourinho’s men are going to be able to leapfrog them into sixth place – and a guaranteed Europa League place by beating Crystal Palace.