JOSE MOURINHO may be the self-appointed Special One but he is not yet The Greatest.
Fantastic result and performance by Inter Milan on Tuesday night to knock Chelsea out of the Champions League.
But I do not see him winning it this season and I think they would lose over two legs to Manchester United if the teams get drawn together tomorrow for the quarter-finals.
At the moment, United have too much flair for Inter to handle.
They also have Wayne Rooney in such amazing form that he is virtually unstoppable - especially by the Italians.
That brings you on to the debate on the two managers.
There is no doubt that Mourinho is catching up with Alex Ferguson as far as reputation and achievement go in management. They are my one-two in the managerial world.
Fergie is king of the castle in England particularly. Mourinho has not got close to what Old Trafford's emperor has won in the Premier League.
But it has all been done in one country.
Mourinho would have stayed at Chelsea had there not been a big fall-out with owner Roman Abramovich.
Yet that dramatic exit inspired him to go to Italy, where he has now added a Serie A crown to the Premier league and could well add another.
I also believe Mourinho will end up going to Spain to manage Real Madrid and become the first person to win a league title in all three countries.
Winning the Champions League with Porto was also an incredible feat. They are good but you would never really have the Portuguese team down as winners of that tournament.
It is incredibly difficult to compare the two men, as, in essence, they belong to different eras.
Ferguson is part of the United furniture. He has steadily built his teams and combined a fantastic youth policy with big signings.
Mourinho almost has the kit-car approach. He turns up, drills his team to play and behave the way he sees fit and makes them overnight contenders.
Longevity may not be his motto but in the modern times, with a rapid rollover of coaches, he is a master.
Mourinho has time on his side, too, to try to overtake Ferguson. But right now, I think my opinion that United would beat Inter says enough about both men.
I was at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday and you could sense the Mourinho effect around the place before kick-off. The fans still love him and he is hugely revered and respected.
Those supporters need to move on now, back Carlo Ancelotti, fondly wave goodbye to Mourinho and set about trying to win next season's Champions League.
I thought this would be their year but one thing cost the Blues dear against the Italians.
The absence of Ashley Cole was clear. He is vital for Chelsea and England.
Had the world's best left-back been playing, Chelsea would have been more inventive, more attacking, more of everything.
Inter had a back-line of well-organised South Americans, who will all be World Cup starters this summer.
But Cole would have unlocked them, because he is such a positive player. Sorry, Yuri Zhirkov is not in the same class.
Missing Jose Bosingwa, another forward thinker at right-back, was a further mortal blow. Take away in addition Michael Essien from midfield and you have three key players absent.
Apart from a spell at the end of the first half, I did not think Chelsea created much and the absence of those two attacking full-backs guaranteed it.
The Londoners never got their game going and, sadly in football, that just happens sometimes.
Fabio Capello and I had a chat about four weeks ago and he told me he thought it would be incredibly tight. He could not pick a winner.
The Blues' failure was not through lack of effort. But Mourinho's hallmark is to have his players know precisely what their jobs are. Every eventuality is taken care of.
He came out with a poignant statistic after the game that since he left Chelsea his four successors have managed to win one FA Cup between them.
There is always lots of opinion and speculation that managing Chelsea is like a poisoned chalice.
Yes, there is a lot of pressure and expectation and a highly demanding owner.
But I reckon Abramovich is a fantastic guy to work for and managing Chelsea must still be regarded as one of the plum jobs in world football.
Ancelotti is used to it, too. He worked at AC Milan, so knows how to handle it well. That is not a problem.
With Europe gone, Chelsea will happily take the Premier League title now if they can and the FA Cup is still very much on.
The season remains alive for them and Ancelotti could still be celebrating a trophy one-two like Fergie and Mourinho.
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