Jose Mourinho would love nothing more than to see Paris Saint-Germain get past Spanish rivals Barcelona in their Champions League tie, and the Madrid boss has lent a hand to the French side.
French newspapers are reporting that Mourinho – having twice got the better of Barcelona this season – has sent tapes to PSG with detailed instructions on how to stop Messi and the Catalan giants.
While the outspoken Mourinho hasn’t confirmed the reports, he is a close friend of PSG’s technical director Leonardo and has had several heated run-ins with Barcelona in recent years.
Barcelona will be favourites when they meet PSG while Real Madrid have a quarter-final tie of their own against Turkish football side Galatasaray, who have Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba on their books.