José Mourinho has been cleared of an FA charge after Manchester United cited the case of Jordan Henderson swearing at an opposition manager.

The FA was “surprised” yesterday when an independent commission found Mourinho not guilty of using abusive, insulting or improper language after the United manager was filmed mouthing words into a BT Sport camera in Portuguese after his side’s dramatic 3-2 win against Newcastle United last month.

It was alleged that Mourinho had said “fodas filhos de puta”, which translates as “f*** off sons of a bitch”, in an apparent attack on Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand, the BT Sport pundits who have been critical of his time in charge at Old Trafford.

A three-person commission threw out the case, which sources said