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A six-year-old football fan has sent a hand-written letter to Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho begging him to become Aston Villa’s manager.

Jude Branson, a claret and blue fanatic from Selly Oak, has turned to the Special One in a bid to save Villa’s season.

Villa face Premier League leaders Chelsea at Villa Park on Saturday hoping to end a run of eight matches without a win and 10 hours and 12 minutes without a goal.

Jude reckons Mourinho is the best bet to boost the football club’s flagging fortunes - and he has urged the Portuguese boss to bring star striker Diego Costa with him.

In his letter he wrote: “Dear Mr Mourinho, My name is Jude. I am 6 years old and I support Aston Villa. You are my favourite manager. Please could you manage Villa and bring Costa with you? We need help. Thank you Jude Branson.”

Jude’s dad Phil said the youngster became so fed up of watching Paul Lambert’s relegation-threatened team lose that he decided to take positive action.

“I took him to the Liverpool match last month and that was the point where he started to get annoyed.” explained Phil.

“We were walking out of the ground after the final whistle and he was moaning asking why we never score or never win.

“The thing is, this is a lad that is totally obsessed with the club, they can do no wrong in his eyes and even he was getting annoyed.

“He said he wanted us to get a new manager so I asked him who does he want.

“Straight away he said Mourinho, no messing! At least he’s got good taste!

“He said he was going to write to him when he got home, so he did. He’s asked Mourinho to come and help, and he’s also asked if he could bring Costa. He’s still convinced that Mourinho is going to come and sort us out.”

Despite his success in winning the Champions League twice with Porto and Inter Milan, and a succession of top flight league titles in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain, Mourinho has never won a match at Villa Park.

His last two visits have ended in 2-0 and 1-0 defeats in 2007 and 2014, with Chelsea drawing on his other two trips to Villa’s stadium.