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Jose Mourinho's best Premier League XI as voted for by you

Mourinho's Manchester United face Chelsea on Saturday

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Just one current Manchester United player makes it into the best XI of Premier League stars managed by Jose Mourinho, according to skysports.com readers.

Ahead of Mourinho's reunion with former club Chelsea, live on Sky Sports on Saturday, we asked you to tell us which of the players managed by the United boss would make it into a dream team.

Now the results are in, we can reveal that David de Gea is the only present-day Manchester United player who makes the cut.

David de Gea during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford on August 10, 2018 in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Image: David de Gea is the only current Man Utd player in the XI

In fact, Wayne Rooney is the only other player to have played for Mourinho at Manchester United to make the side at all.

The rest of the XI is made up of Mourinho's title-winning Chelsea teams from his two stints at Stamford Bridge.

The best XI of players managed by Jose Mourinho in the Premier League - according to skysports.com readers
Image: The best XI of players managed by Jose Mourinho in the Premier League - according to skysports.com readers

Ahead of goalkeeper De Gea, there's an all-blue back four of Cesar Azpilicueta, John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho and Ashley Cole.

In midfield, Michael Essien and Claude Makelele play alongside Chelsea's all-time top scorer Frank Lampard, after Paul Pogba just missed out on the top three spots.

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While up front, there's a fearsome trio of Manchester United record scorer Rooney, Eden Hazard and Didier Drogba.

You can still select your favourite combined XI of players who have played for Jose Mourinho in the team selector below…

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