Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has reiterated his belief that he may have been the victim of corruption when he finished runner-up to Vicente del Bosque for the FIFA World Coach of the Year award in 2012.

After his experience in finishing second in the poll voted for by national coaches, captains and journalists, Mourinho does not appear surprised by any claims about FIFA.

Echoing comments he made in 2013, the former Real Madrid boss said: “In 2012, I was one of the three finalists and when I was told I was finishing second with a few votes behind the first, it looked normal to me.

“But then the votes were made public. And my former player, a national team captain, called me, ‘Mister, there is something wrong because I gave you the vote... in the list they put another coach’s name and that was not me’.

“And a few minutes later I got a message from another national coach, ‘they changed my vote’.

“Who changed the vote? His federation? FIFA? Who?

“It is not a drama. A drama is other things but at that time I said, ‘from this moment I don’t go back’ because obviously something happened.”