From a gutter cleaner to Real Madrid's backroom staff, courtesy Jose Mourinho
Known as the Special One for his exploits on the football field as a manager, Jose Mourinho is also benevolent by nature.
Jose Mourinho has made the headlines for handing a dream job to a street cleaner in Mexico to a backroom staff at Real Madrid, according to a report in the dailymail.co.uk.
It's a special story of 41-year-old Abel Rodriguez, who was a sweeper in Los Angeles underground stations. Rodriguez had spent his last few dollars to fly over to Europe and try to watch El Clasico with Barcelona back in February.
Rodriguez, who probably did not had the money to buy a ticket to watch the biggest game in world football, reached Real Madrid's training complex to at least get a glimpse of his favourite players.
This is when Mourinho met Rodriquez for the first time and the rest is history.
"It was a miracle that I saw him," Mourinho recalled to Sports Illustrated. "I saw Abel seated on the road outside the training ground.
"I was leaving in my assistant Rui Faria's car, and there were a lot of people outside. But I told Rui, 'Stop! It's the guy from Los Angeles'," said Mourinho
"Amigo! What are you doing here?" Mourinho asked from the car.
"I come to visit you guys," Rodriguez replied. "It's my first time in Europe, and my dream has been to come and see games. I was hoping to see El Clasico."
"But there are no more tickets," Mourinho said. "Where are you staying?"
"I haven't done anything about that," the Mexican answered. "My priority was to see you guys and then make my arrangements. If I didn't see you guys, I'd go to the stadium and try to get a ticket. And if that didn't work, I'd fly back home."
The Real manager then booked Rodriguez a room for the night at the same hotel the Real team were staying before the Barcelona match and on top of that provided him VIP tickets.
Mourinho said: "I told him, 'No way (you're returning home), you come to Manchester with us and work as a kit man. You help us and you live a bigger dream, a Champions League match from the inside!"
Rodriguez returned home with plenty of his own souvenirs, including shirts worn by Javier Hernandez, Mesut Ozil, Kaka and Michael Essien, and one of the match balls.
Rodriguez reveals his wife Olga has always been encouraging and pushed him to live his dream
"I was really indecisive about going, but the encouragement came from my wife, who said, 'You should go. It's always been your dream', said the father of three daughters.