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Rome mural shows Mourinho on a Vespa

By: Wanted in Rome

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07 May, 2021

Rome street artist pays homage to Special One with mural in Testaccio.

José Mourinho, the incoming manager of Italian Serie A football team AS Roma, has been immortalised in a mural in Rome.

The mural, by Roman street artist Harry Greb, features the former Tottenham boss on aboard a Vespa in the style of Gregory Peck from A Roman Holiday.

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Over his shoulders is a scarf in the Roma colours while his Vespa features the team's logo alongside Mourinho's self-awarded moniker of Special One.

The mural appeared overnight on the corner of Via Giovanni Branco and Via Pietro Querini in the Testaccio quarter, an historic Roma stronghold.

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Mourinho will take over next season from fellow Portuguese coach Paulo Fonseca who leaves the club after two years.

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On Friday afternoon Roma fans were queuing up to take selfies in front of Greb's mural which even got a 'like' on Instagram from the Special One himself.