Manchester United Coach given role to celebrate hundred year history of Fatima

Manchester United's new coach Jose Mourinho is set to be the voice of Pope Francis, in an animated film about the apparitions of Fatima , as confirmed by the film's producer.

The film, which is being created by the production company Imagineview, is entitled Faith and its release is scheduled for May 13, 2017, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin of Fatima in the Portuguese town which also bears its name.

The Portuguese coach will undertake the voiceover of Pope Francis in the languages of the four countries in which Mourinho has coached -Portuguese, Spanish, English and Italian.

The ex-Real boss is reportedly donating his fee from the animated film to children from challenging socioeconomic backgrounds.

The story originates from the reported sighting between May 13 to October 13 1917, during which three Portuguese children -Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco- said they had witnessed several apparitions of the Virgin.