Florentino Perez offer madrid job to him before he hired Ancelotti, Mourinho refuse him to accept Roma
you just don't understand jose , he didn't start his career as a manager for a top european giant, he start his managerial career with nobody.
he just love to work with underdog more than a favorite . He deliver the ucl to a club nobody expect to win like porto. Chelsea hasn't won the league for 50 years before he came , Inter hasn't won UCl for 30 years before he came, Real Madrid hasn't manage to get into ucl quarter final for 5 years before he came
United was on downfall when he came ( he wasn't fail at united , you know if PL decide to strip city epl titles for financial fraud then he could claim his ) and then he got into spurs and roma by choice
Achieving things at trophyless club such as spurs and roma would make the achievement worth 2x bigger , too bad levy decide to bottled it by backing the wrong manager instead