Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho will do whatever it takes to win - even if it means locking himself in a laundry basket.
The ex-Chelsea boss comes up against his former club this Thursday night, sparking memories of two trophy-laden spells at Stamford Bridge, no matter whether his relationship with some Blues fans has turned sour in recent years.
Mourinho remains the most successful manager in Chelsea history, arriving at a club without a top-flight triumph in 50 years, and immediately rectifying that with back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006.
He added a third during his second stint at the club - returning as the 'Happy One' instead of the 'Special One' - and there's no doubting which Mourinho was more fun.
The 'Special One' took English football by storm with his arrogance, backed up by charm and tactical genius - but his brash nature often got him into trouble.
Mourinho's love affair with the Champions League had only just begun in 2004, when his Porto side somehow won the competition, and he took the defence of his title personally.
The Blues embarked on a European campaign so eventful, you could make a TV series out of it, with Mourinho playing the perfect leading role.
After cruising through the group stage, Chelsea travelled to Barcelona in 2005, igniting a rivalry which still resonates with fans today.
Mourinho's men were leading the first leg at half-time, before Anders Frisk gave Didier Drogba a controversial red card which turned the game on its head.
The Chelsea manager sensationally (and wrongly) accused Frisk of meeting with Barca boss Frank Rijkaard at half-time - and the referee later received death threats from angry fans, forcing an early retirement aged 42.
And Mourinho didn't rest there when it came to his mind games.
Before the second leg, Mourinho named the Barcelona starting XI as well as his Chelsea XI, getting Rijkaard's team spot on - but deliberately getting his own wrong.
One of the all-time great Champions League clashes followed, as the Blues raced into a three-goal lead inside 20 minutes - with Damien Duff among the scorers, even though Mourinho said Eidur Gudjohnsen would start over the Irishman.
They were pegged back by some Ronaldinho brilliance, featuring that iconic toe-poke, before John Terry capitalised on Ricardo Carvalho's tug on Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes to send the Blues through.
It can't get any more dramatic than that, right? Wrong. Mourinho's comments about Frisk got him in hot water with UEFA, who banned the Chelsea boss from the dressing room and the touchline for two upcoming quarter-final legs against Bayern Munich.
But, being Mourinho, the Portuguese put his career on the line and found a way to be with his players.
Cameras desperately searched for Mourinho, and when they couldn't see him in the stadium, it was assumed he stayed at home.
However, years later it emerged that Mourinho had actually got in and out of Stamford Bridge, delivered his team talk in the dressing room, without European football's governing body or the worldwide sports media finding out.
The British press accused then-Chelsea fitness coach Rui Faria of illegally communicating with Mourinho during the first leg - but they didn't know the half of it.
Speaking on the Netflix documentary 'The Playbook', Mourinho said in 2019: "I was suspended for two matches, I couldn't be on the bench and I couldn't be in the dressing room - but it was a big game against Bayern Munich.
"I thought this was a big game where they really, really need me. I used to call that skin-to-skin connection, when they feel you, they listen to you, they share emotions.
"I felt so frustrated, I wanted to be with my players. But I don't want to be in trouble, so do I risk my career?
"After thinking about it, I made the decision to be in the dressing room. If I go to the dressing room very early, nobody will find me.
"After the game, empty stadium, I will retreat and walk home, no problem at all. So I went to the dressing room when nobody was in the stadium.
"Before the game, the first thing I told them was that I was there for them, I was waiting for them at half-time, I listened to the game from the dressing room.
"If the result at half-time is not a good one, then yes, you will meet me here. And I felt that was very important for my boys.
"UEFA are intelligent people and they know what I would do in that situation, they thought if they didn't see him in the stands or a box, and if television cameras can't find him, he must be in the dressing room.
"So they come to the dressing room, and the only possible thing in the fraction of seconds I had, was to dive into the laundry basket.
"I was a little bit scared. The basket had the metal box, and the kit man was so afraid UEFA would go deep, that he locked the metal box.
"He took me to the laundry, which was a couple of minutes distance, but it felt like three hours - it was an awful feeling.
"UEFA really tried but they could not find me. We won the game - but it wasn't about that. What I did in that game, in that dressing room - I'm not proud of it because I went against the rules, I'm proud of it as a leader. As a players' friend.
"I did it for my boys, for your family you will do anything - even break the rules. I think I became a little bit claustrophobic after that!"
On the pitch, Frank Lampard (remember him?) scored twice, including one of his greatest ever goals, to give the Blues a 4-2 victory, which they held onto in the second-leg to win 6-5 on aggregate.
Luis Garcia's 'ghost goal' meant they went crashing out to Liverpool in the semi-finals - but although he never won the Champions League at Chelsea, Mourinho can probably claim the title for best kept secret in the history of football.
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