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[Peter_North]

THE TRUTH BEHIND MOURINHO'S SACKING REVEALED !!!

Now I'm pretty sure John CB Terry is the CB turncoat. Mourinho is hurt not because of the sacking but John CB Terry's betrayal. The real captains are Lampard and Drogba, and I don't think when they're fit again they're going to respect John CB Terry as their captain.

Lampard and Drogba will leave Chelsea; otherwise, John CB Terry must step down as captain. If Avram continues to be the coach, you will see Tal Ben Haim as the new captain - for the simple reason that both of them are Jews!!!

Jose Mourinho's reign at Chelsea ended emotionally, with warm dressing-room embraces for 23 of his players - and a cold handshake for Andriy Shevchenko and skipper John Terry. His departure, though, was a long time coming. Duncan Castles reports

Sunday September 23, 2007
The Observer


Tuesday, 10pm, home dressing room, Stamford Bridge. Andriy Shevchenko is taking Michael Essien to task on his performance in the night's embarrassing 1-1 draw with Rosenborg. The former European footballer of the year tells Africa's finest midfielder that he tried to make too many passes through the centre of the Norwegians' formation where '70 percent of their players were'. Essien learns he should have been passing to the wings 'where they only had 30 percent of their men'.

Not the most insightful of tactical advice, but then these are not the thoughts of a Ukraine international, they are those of a Russian billionaire. Standing beside Shevchenko, tactics board in hand, Roman Abramovich is the man telling Essien how to play football. Shevchenko is merely there to translate. In another room, attending to the press, Mourinho is utterly unaware of his employer's actions.

Tuesday, 7:11pm, the home dressing room. Chelsea's squad of 18 are called out for their pre-match warm up. All the players step out for the carefully prepared drill - except one. John Terry remains sitting where he is. One of Jose Mourinho's assistants urges Terry out. Chelsea's captain refuses, swears, and, according to an eye witness, says he is upset and has 'things on my mind'. Terry is said to be furious after finding out that Mourinho had been asking in Chelsea's treatment room whether there was a medical reason for his perceived loss of form over recent weeks. The stand-off continues until a team-mate cajoles his friend out on to the pitch.

The game starts, Chelsea quickly lose a goal at a free kick as Miika Koppinen stretches ahead of Terry to turn in a near-post cross. Chelsea go in at half time 1-0 down and Jose Mourinho takes his captain to task, blaming the defender for the deficit. Terry says nothing but all his team-mates can see the anger on his face.

The pair had once been the closest of footballing allies, but within 24 hours Mourinho is no longer Terry's manager as Chelsea agree to a £10.5million pay-off to rid themselves of a man they describe as 'the most successful manager the club has known'.

'The relationship broke down not because of one detail or because of something that happened at a certain moment. It broke down over a period of time.' - Jose Mourinho, 21 September 2007.

To understand how the winner of two Premier League titles, two League Cups and one FA Cup, a man who averaged an unprecedented 2.33 points from his 120 Premiership games in just over three seasons, steadily became persona non grata at the club he made great, it is necessary to return to the summer of 2005.

'In Jose's first season everything was fine,' said a Chelsea employee who suffered the Abramovich guillotine long before the Portuguese. 'He came in, he won the title by miles, almost made the Champions League final, everyone was happy. But then it all began to go wrong. Peter Kenyon started thinking it was his genius as a chief executive that was important. Abramovich's mates were telling him his money had done it and any half-decent coach would win the league with those resources. They forgot that the most important man at any club is the manager.'

That summer, Chelsea poached Tottenham Hotspur's sporting director Frank Arnesen at a cost of £5m. Ostensibly recruited to revolutionise the club's sub-standard youth ranks, the Dane was actually brought in on the recommendation of Piet de Visser, a well-known Dutch talent scout who had advised Abramovich on football matters from his first months as Chelsea owner.

Arnesen and De Visser, friends and allies from their time together at Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, steadily worked to influence Abramovich's thinking on the first team, and, most importantly, player recruitment. Along with the agents Soren Lerby, Vlado Lemeic and Pini Zahavi they sought to steer Abramovich towards the purchase of certain footballers. Their objective, according to one source, was 'to get to Abramovich's money. To do that they needed power at the club, needed a manager who would do what they wanted. Mourinho was not that manager.'

Thus emerged a power struggle in which Arnesen and others seemed to undermine Mourinho by questioning him at every opportunity. When Mourinho went to war with Uefa over the actions of referees they told Abramovich his coach was embarrassing the club. When Mourinho's team dourly won key matches by a goal to nil, they told the owner a better coach would win by more goals and bring him far more flamboyant football. When a Mourinho signing failed to perform on the pitch, they told Abramovich that better players could be found elsewhere.

Within a year, and despite Mourinho's success in claiming a second successive Premiership, the manager had lost control of transfers. In the 2006 summer window, Mourinho asked the board to buy Samuel Eto'o; they spent a UK record £30m on Shevchenko. Chelsea sold William Gallas to Arsenal against Mourinho's wishes, and forced the £7m Khalid Boulahrouz upon him, while Arnesen compounded the error of allowing Chelsea's most effective defender to leave the club by pulling the plug on the £5m purchase of Micah Richards. Inside a season Richards was a full England international, while Boulahrouz was stinking out the reserves until Chelsea paid Sevilla to take him off their hands.

At least Mourinho could easily leave the Dutch defender out of the first team. A personal friend of Abramovich's, Shevchenko played regardless of his performances, and those were usually awful. In his first 26 appearances for Chelsea, the Ukrainian striker scored five goals. His coaches and team-mates often felt as though Chelsea were playing with 10 men and Mourinho was faced with a problem - should he leave out the owner's pal or lose the faith of the rest of the team?

As January approached, Mourinho asked to be allowed to sign a new striker. The board refused. Mourinho asked for a centre-back to cover for Terry, then sidelined with a serious back problem. The board offered him a choice between Alex, a Brazilian bought via De Visser and 'parked' at PSV for two seasons, and Tal Ben Haim, a Zahavi client. Mourinho wanted neither.

Worse still, Chelsea's manager was instructed to sack one of his assistants and add the Israeli Avram Grant to his coaching staff. When he refused, the club descended into open warfare.

Mourinho dropped Shevchenko from his first team, leaking the story to a national newspaper in an open challenge to Abramovich to sack him. On an emotional afternoon at Stamford Bridge the manager first rallied his team around him, then sent them out to overrun Wigan 4-0. Long before kick-off the Chelsea supporters were chanting 'Stand up for the Special One' through standing ovation after standing ovation.

An infuriated Abramovich ceased attending games and instructed his advisors to find a replacement coach. Mourinho let it be known that he would leave, but only on payment of the outstanding value of his contract - about £28m comprising £5.2m per annum for three-and-a-half years and up to £10m in bonuses. In the meantime he kept winning matches, pushing his injury-hit squad to within a few games of a remarkable quadruple.

Ultimately Chelsea won the League Cup and the FA Cup, forcing Abramovich to reconcile with his manager. A consciously 'mellow' Mourinho promised to avoid conflict with opposing managers and football authorities, accepted restrictions on his transfer budget, and reshaped his team in a more flamboyant 4-4-2 formation. Fatefully, he also acceded to the appointment of Grant as Chelsea's director of football.

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[Peter_North]

THE TRUTH BEHIND MOURINHO'S SACKING REVEALED !!!

Now I'm pretty sure John CB Terry is the CB turncoat. Mourinho is hurt not because of the sacking but John CB Terry's betrayal. The real captains are Lampard and Drogba, and I don't think when they're fit again they're going to respect John CB Terry as their captain.

Lampard and Drogba will leave Chelsea; otherwise, John CB Terry must step down as captain. If Avram continues to be the coach, you will see Tal Ben Haim as the new captain - for the simple reason that both of them are Jews!!!

Jose Mourinho's reign at Chelsea ended emotionally, with warm dressing-room embraces for 23 of his players - and a cold handshake for Andriy Shevchenko and skipper John Terry. His departure, though, was a long time coming. Duncan Castles reports

Sunday September 23, 2007
The Observer


Tuesday, 10pm, home dressing room, Stamford Bridge. Andriy Shevchenko is taking Michael Essien to task on his performance in the night's embarrassing 1-1 draw with Rosenborg. The former European footballer of the year tells Africa's finest midfielder that he tried to make too many passes through the centre of the Norwegians' formation where '70 percent of their players were'. Essien learns he should have been passing to the wings 'where they only had 30 percent of their men'.

Not the most insightful of tactical advice, but then these are not the thoughts of a Ukraine international, they are those of a Russian billionaire. Standing beside Shevchenko, tactics board in hand, Roman Abramovich is the man telling Essien how to play football. Shevchenko is merely there to translate. In another room, attending to the press, Mourinho is utterly unaware of his employer's actions.

Tuesday, 7:11pm, the home dressing room. Chelsea's squad of 18 are called out for their pre-match warm up. All the players step out for the carefully prepared drill - except one. John Terry remains sitting where he is. One of Jose Mourinho's assistants urges Terry out. Chelsea's captain refuses, swears, and, according to an eye witness, says he is upset and has 'things on my mind'. Terry is said to be furious after finding out that Mourinho had been asking in Chelsea's treatment room whether there was a medical reason for his perceived loss of form over recent weeks. The stand-off continues until a team-mate cajoles his friend out on to the pitch.

The game starts, Chelsea quickly lose a goal at a free kick as Miika Koppinen stretches ahead of Terry to turn in a near-post cross. Chelsea go in at half time 1-0 down and Jose Mourinho takes his captain to task, blaming the defender for the deficit. Terry says nothing but all his team-mates can see the anger on his face.

The pair had once been the closest of footballing allies, but within 24 hours Mourinho is no longer Terry's manager as Chelsea agree to a £10.5million pay-off to rid themselves of a man they describe as 'the most successful manager the club has known'.

'The relationship broke down not because of one detail or because of something that happened at a certain moment. It broke down over a period of time.' - Jose Mourinho, 21 September 2007.

To understand how the winner of two Premier League titles, two League Cups and one FA Cup, a man who averaged an unprecedented 2.33 points from his 120 Premiership games in just over three seasons, steadily became persona non grata at the club he made great, it is necessary to return to the summer of 2005.

'In Jose's first season everything was fine,' said a Chelsea employee who suffered the Abramovich guillotine long before the Portuguese. 'He came in, he won the title by miles, almost made the Champions League final, everyone was happy. But then it all began to go wrong. Peter Kenyon started thinking it was his genius as a chief executive that was important. Abramovich's mates were telling him his money had done it and any half-decent coach would win the league with those resources. They forgot that the most important man at any club is the manager.'

That summer, Chelsea poached Tottenham Hotspur's sporting director Frank Arnesen at a cost of £5m. Ostensibly recruited to revolutionise the club's sub-standard youth ranks, the Dane was actually brought in on the recommendation of Piet de Visser, a well-known Dutch talent scout who had advised Abramovich on football matters from his first months as Chelsea owner.

Arnesen and De Visser, friends and allies from their time together at Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, steadily worked to influence Abramovich's thinking on the first team, and, most importantly, player recruitment. Along with the agents Soren Lerby, Vlado Lemeic and Pini Zahavi they sought to steer Abramovich towards the purchase of certain footballers. Their objective, according to one source, was 'to get to Abramovich's money. To do that they needed power at the club, needed a manager who would do what they wanted. Mourinho was not that manager.'

Thus emerged a power struggle in which Arnesen and others seemed to undermine Mourinho by questioning him at every opportunity. When Mourinho went to war with Uefa over the actions of referees they told Abramovich his coach was embarrassing the club. When Mourinho's team dourly won key matches by a goal to nil, they told the owner a better coach would win by more goals and bring him far more flamboyant football. When a Mourinho signing failed to perform on the pitch, they told Abramovich that better players could be found elsewhere.

Within a year, and despite Mourinho's success in claiming a second successive Premiership, the manager had lost control of transfers. In the 2006 summer window, Mourinho asked the board to buy Samuel Eto'o; they spent a UK record £30m on Shevchenko. Chelsea sold William Gallas to Arsenal against Mourinho's wishes, and forced the £7m Khalid Boulahrouz upon him, while Arnesen compounded the error of allowing Chelsea's most effective defender to leave the club by pulling the plug on the £5m purchase of Micah Richards. Inside a season Richards was a full England international, while Boulahrouz was stinking out the reserves until Chelsea paid Sevilla to take him off their hands.

At least Mourinho could easily leave the Dutch defender out of the first team. A personal friend of Abramovich's, Shevchenko played regardless of his performances, and those were usually awful. In his first 26 appearances for Chelsea, the Ukrainian striker scored five goals. His coaches and team-mates often felt as though Chelsea were playing with 10 men and Mourinho was faced with a problem - should he leave out the owner's pal or lose the faith of the rest of the team?

As January approached, Mourinho asked to be allowed to sign a new striker. The board refused. Mourinho asked for a centre-back to cover for Terry, then sidelined with a serious back problem. The board offered him a choice between Alex, a Brazilian bought via De Visser and 'parked' at PSV for two seasons, and Tal Ben Haim, a Zahavi client. Mourinho wanted neither.

Worse still, Chelsea's manager was instructed to sack one of his assistants and add the Israeli Avram Grant to his coaching staff. When he refused, the club descended into open warfare.

Mourinho dropped Shevchenko from his first team, leaking the story to a national newspaper in an open challenge to Abramovich to sack him. On an emotional afternoon at Stamford Bridge the manager first rallied his team around him, then sent them out to overrun Wigan 4-0. Long before kick-off the Chelsea supporters were chanting 'Stand up for the Special One' through standing ovation after standing ovation.

An infuriated Abramovich ceased attending games and instructed his advisors to find a replacement coach. Mourinho let it be known that he would leave, but only on payment of the outstanding value of his contract - about £28m comprising £5.2m per annum for three-and-a-half years and up to £10m in bonuses. In the meantime he kept winning matches, pushing his injury-hit squad to within a few games of a remarkable quadruple.

Ultimately Chelsea won the League Cup and the FA Cup, forcing Abramovich to reconcile with his manager. A consciously 'mellow' Mourinho promised to avoid conflict with opposing managers and football authorities, accepted restrictions on his transfer budget, and reshaped his team in a more flamboyant 4-4-2 formation. Fatefully, he also acceded to the appointment of Grant as Chelsea's director of football.

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[Peter_North]

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Though some in Mourinho's camp had Grant pinned as a 'Mossad Spy' from the off, the manager attempted to work with him, holding long meetings with him during the club's staggeringly positive pre-season US tour and letting it be known that he welcomed his arrival as a buffer against Arnesen and route to Abramovich. The early-season optimism, however, swiftly evaporated.

Grant began calling individual players aside to ask them questions.

'You look sad, why?' 'How do you feel in this position?' 'Is this the best place for you to play?' 'Are we using your abilities well?' Because many of them complained about this to Mourinho, the manager decided to cut back radically on team meetings, the only one this season having been arranged for the Jewish New Year when Grant had returned to Israel.

While Grant looked on at training, Shevchenko treated it with disdain. A morose, lonely figure around the camp, he seemed to show more interest in improving his golf swing than his shooting. As the first team prepared for their final pre-season friendly against Danish side Brondby, Shevchenko declared himself unfit with a back problem. A 2-0 victory ensured the £121,000-a-week striker was not missed, but Mourinho was bemused to discover that Shevchenko's bad back had not prevented him from enjoying a round of golf at Sunningdale that day.

The board, though, were not interested and the club's descent continued. Other players began to realise what was happening, that the summer's peace was a false one, that their manager had no support from the top. 'The mentality became weaker and weaker,' said one insider. 'You could feel the team's strength sapping away.'

Mourinho knew his time at Chelsea was coming to an end. At Uefa's forum for elite coaches in Geneva a fortnight ago he allowed Premier League rivals an insight into his thinking. 'Mourinho said he loved Chelsea and he loved English football, but thought he would not stay for long,' said one coach. 'One of us asked him why. He wouldn't answer, but it was obvious something was seriously wrong.'

His next Champions League match brought the end. On Wednesday afternoon the board asked Mourinho to resign, citing his handling of Shevchenko, his attitude to authority and, crucially, his relationship with Terry as reasons why he should go. Mourinho refused to walk, and fought only to maximise his pay-off as Chelsea apparently threatened to call club employees to testify against him at any employment tribunal.


A £10.5m pay-off was agreed and the following morning Mourinho made a final trip to the training centre at Cobham to pick up his possessions and say goodbye to his squad. There was a message in each farewell. For most there was a Latin embrace and warm words of thanks. For Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard the emotions were so strong that both men were reduced to tears, Lampard retreating to the shower room in an attempt to hide his. For Shevchenko and Terry there was nothing but a handshake that, in the words of one observer, could have 'frozen a mug of tea'. No one was in any doubt about who he considered the true captains of his team.

Out with the old, in with the new. Furious at Mourinho's dismissal, senior players describe Grant's appointment as 'a disgrace'. Some at Cobham call him 'an idiot' and describe his coaching techniques as '25 years behind the times'. Abramovich pushes the Israeli around 'without a hint of respect'.

Former academy coach Brendan Rogers has been drafted in to help out with the first team, a promotion that may not be unconnected to the one-on-one training sessions he gave Abramovich's son. Only in Steve Clarke is there the level of football knowledge to deal with a squad full of international superstars. As the sole survivor of Mourinho's cadre of four assistant managers, the Scotsman has an unenviable task.

But then neither he nor Grant will be picking the team. As Michael Essien discovered on Tuesday night, the new manager of Chelsea is also the owner.

[Glen2712]

Originally Posted by Peter_North

THE TRUTH BEHIND MOURINHO'S SACKING REVEALED !!!

Now I'm pretty sure John CB Terry is the CB turncoat. Mourinho is hurt not because of the sacking but John CB Terry's betrayal. The real captains are Lampard and Drogba, and I don't think when they're fit again they're going to respect John CB Terry as their captain.

Lampard and Drogba will leave Chelsea; otherwise, John CB Terry must step down as captain. If Avram continues to be the coach, you will see Tal Ben Haim as the new captain - for the simple reason that both of them are Jews!!!

Jose Mourinho's reign at Chelsea ended emotionally, with warm dressing-room embraces for 23 of his players - and a cold handshake for Andriy Shevchenko and skipper John Terry. His departure, though, was a long time coming. Duncan Castles reports..........

Read the other related articles from the Observer, can't take it anymore, can't take it anymore..... Can't believe I'm breaking down on a Monday. :SOB:

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[veelee]

This is a long long long long post, but I cannot help it. I feel so fucking bitter after the whole week.

Brothers, I think we're doomed to Blackburn's fate.

I didn't want to see the match today because I was expecting things to be really bad. They were worse.

Essien gave the ball away so many times. So many times. Essien! He's been so consistent in the past, but today he played like shit.

I can't blame him. If you look at all the regular Chelsea squad, not the new-comers like Pizarro and Malouda, except for Cech they all played without any spirit. Malouda was shit but at least Pizarro tried.

And Sheva never had two good first touches in a row. That useless, slow fucker STEPPED on the ball. I thought he'd fall down even. I was willing to give him a chance to regain form, but his part in the whole horrible week is unforgivable. Even if he didn't actively try to throw Jose out, he started the whole fucking mess just by being there.

Not to mention that complete cheebai Terry. That's two set piece goals he's given away in two games. Last week, I'd be congratulating him for trying so hard even through the pain killing injections. But if the rumours are true I will never never forgive him for his stupidity. How could he betray Jose like that?

Jose made Chelsea players Chelsea players. He told Frank Lampard "you are the best midfielder in the world" and Frank grew so much from there. Without Jose's effort, Didier would still be just another big diving wanker. But his rise last season was all due to the spirit that Jose gave the team.

I became a Chelsea fan when I saw the West Ham game in 2005. Never watched football before, never was interested. Until I saw them play 1 goal down and 1 man down. The spirit was amazing.

Last year in the Arsenal match at Emirates, the spirit was just as strong. They didn't get the result, but they fought like lions. Jose was right to ask us to keep our chin up because we could be PROUD of how they fought and how they never gave up.

I so nearly had tears in my eyes not because of the result but because Jose understood us fans so well and went straight out to show it.

When Mikel went off -- Jose's team would have been fired up at the injustice and chionged their way to at least a draw. But this team had no spirit, no spirit at all.

I know I'm a new fan -- people can bitch about jumping on bandwagons and all that. I don't care. Even if we're not lucky enough to be playing in the UEFA Cup next season, even if we're relegated, I'll still be blue for life.

But I can't see us ever getting any further up the table than 6th IF WE'RE LUCKY. And fuck, fuck, fuck it hurts.

The only spark of hope was seeing Marco Van Basten sitting behind FUCKING ROMAN; if we can get Grant out and a half-decent manager in, then maybe we have a chance. But the way we played tonight, I can't see us beating even Fulham in the next game.

Roman has been good for the club, obviously. But real live football is different from PES or FIFA. 2 Champions League cups in 10 years? Did he realise just how incredible it was to win back-to-back Premierships, let alone Champions League?

I can't take it anymore, have to go to sleep. Hopefully the nightmare won't last for more than a season.

[Glen2712]

Mourinho: 'Even with you journalists I'm sad to be leaving. I like you'


Twenty-four hours after leaving Chelsea, Jose Mourinho says this is 'the most painful moment of my career'. Duncan Castles asks the questions


Sunday September 23, 2007
The Observer


Were you sacked or did you resign?

The Chelsea statement is a correct statement. The relationship broke down, it is true, and a 'mutual agreement' is true. They didn't sack me, I didn't close the door. It is true that we both agreed I should leave.


Is that the official line?

You know that I'm not the kind of guy who will be told what to say. If I was sacked I would say I was sacked. If I had closed the door I would say I'd closed the door, that is the truth. So when I say the relationship broke down I am telling you the truth. They haven't said why the relationship broke down and I'm not going to say why it happened either.


Would all this have happened if Chelsea were top of the table?

I don't know, but the relationship had broken down. So if we had beaten Blackburn, but lost or drawn the next game, the next week it would still have been the same problem all over again.

The relationship broke down not because of one detail or because of something that happened at a certain moment. It broke down over a period of time.


Do you blame yourself for that?

No. I'm Jose Mourinho with all my good qualities and all my bad qualities. I'm Jose Mourinho and I don't change. I don't want to change anything I do, so blame myself? No, no, no.

How can I blame myself when I'm leaving a country and the people there are not happy that I'm going? The club is not happy, the fans are not happy, my opponents are not happy - even the referees are not happy. Yes, a few of the referees have rung me to say they are sad to see me go. But not the linesman against Blackburn.


So is Avram Grant to blame?

It doesn't matter to me, I don't care. I don't care about anything that happens at Chelsea any more. Who they buy, who they sell, who is the manager - I just don't care because I'm not a part of it now.

I don't care if I was stabbed in the back, I really don't care if that's true. I don't want to spend my time and energy fretting about that.


What about the owner?

I don't know his life, I don't know his mind, but my feeling is that he still has the enthusiasm, still loves Chelsea. He wants to be in football.


Will you be going back to Chelsea to say goodbye?

No. It is over. Chelsea is over. It is the end for me at Chelsea. And I'm very happy with what I did - the way I started and the way I finished.

I will be around the area, taking my kids for a bicycle ride, but I won't go back to the fans. Just imagine if I did - I would die in the crush out in the middle of the pitch. It is better that doesn't happen. It is so difficult, though. Not difficult from a football point of view, that's life, that's football. But the emotional strain of it all is not easy.

I won't watch Chelsea play United. I have no problem watching Chelsea on TV again soon, no problem at all. But not the next two or three matches. Later, a bit later, I will watch again.


You sound very upset.

I must admit I caught a tear. Just as the tear was coming out I was catching it. I did not want to cry even though I felt like it. This was so hard for me. This is the most hurtful, painful experience of my career. My worst moment at any club anywhere. It hurts me more than anything that has gone before. This was the longest period I was ever at a club.


How angry are you with what has happened?

Not at all. I'm just sad from the human point of view. Even with you journalists I'm sad. I like you. I'm sad to be leaving you behind, so it is not easy. But there's no anger. Not a single part of me is angry. There's no anger at all.


What happens next? Will we see you managing in England again?

I want to come back very, very much but I don't want my next step to be another English club. It needs to be something different. The next job is at another club somewhere else and then later, if destiny wants it, then I want to come back to an English club.


Peter Kenyon doesn't think you'll be back...

Peter Kenyon is wrong. That's what he thinks, but I will come back, I will - unless nobody wants me - but I will come back.


So where is the next job likely to be?

I know it will be a very good club in one of the top football countries. I believe in Spain or Italy. I have had two offers already - but I don't tell you from where, just that I wasn't interested in either.

Waiting is not a problem for me. I'm only taking time off because of the circumstances of football. Nobody sacks managers in September or October. Well not normally.

So I'm ready. I'm not taking time out because I'm tired, not because of stress, not because I need a break, not because I want to go around the world for three months. I'm ready.


What about the Portugal job?

I don't want to be an unsettling influence. People in Portugal are all saying I'm going to the national job, but no way, no way.


How have your family reacted?

My wife can read everything that's inside of me, so I think she knew I was not happy at Chelsea. And now I think she is happy that I'm going to a different life again with a happy heart.


How have other Premier League managers reacted?

I think they are not happy to see me go - the same way I was not happy when Chris Coleman was sacked. We don't like that, we are not happy with that. Yes, I had a couple of cross words with Arsene Wenger in the past, but I also had a couple of very nice dinners with him in Geneva at Uefa meetings. I had a little fight with Sir Alex Ferguson, but I also had some great moments with him too.


What will you miss most about managing here?

The passion, the full stadia, the culture before and after games. It is not boring, it is fun. The players in this country with their great attitude and with their respect for their work.

And I will miss being the boss. When people in every section of the club from the cook in the kitchen to the security people and the ball boys, when they call you 'boss' it means a lot. They really look at you as the boss and it is fantastic.

People love me, loved me. And I love people too. That's why one day I want to come back.


Do you have any regrets about joining Chelsea in 2004?

When I came here, I could choose from virtually every club in every country. This was the right decision. It was right to choose Chelsea.


What was your best moment there?

Every trophy is a great moment, but the FA Cup final last season was so special. Wembley was a fantastic moment. As a kid I had grown up watching Cup finals at Wembley and I was frustrated at not having the FA Cup yet. So moment by moment that day was very special, especially as it had been a difficult season. It was the last trophy we hadn't won so winning it finally was very special. But also to be champions is very important, that's fantastic too. We had so many good moments in the Chelsea family.


And the worst?

Now. Leaving, coming to the end of the process. It is not easy. I have to control myself. I have to fight not to be too emotional. I feel so sorry to leave so many good people behind. People I have worked with a long time, people I have big empathies with - it is not easy.

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[Peter_North]

Dear Brothers, just get ready for the usual stuff before Jose era. The media will be nicer to Chelsea from now on because they're not going to be a title challenger anymore. Andy Gray especially will be kind to Chelsea. That farker has been criticizing Chelsea from Day One since Chelsea became EPL Champion.

Now for the million dollar question. Better to be with Roman or without Roman ? I can tell you brothers, that's not the equation. The equation is this, if Chelsea had been without Roman and we stood at 7th position in the EPL and not having Champion's League exposure, I would not complain, honestly. But now with Roman and we are at 7th position in EPL, now that really sucks.

Roman spen 500 million pounds on Chelsea and won EPL, Carling and FA; now he spends another 25 million pounds (paying off Jose) to lose everything that Chelsea won.

A true blue Chelsea fan will not be held hostage by Roman's roubles.

[no_faith]

the players are on the pitch playing without their souls.
going to a match for the sake of playing.

dunno when they will get back together.

[The Oracle]

for me it's a kena fuckup feeling, i've been a fan of jose since his time in porto (winning ucl as underdog), and to a lot of ppls, they think chelsea=jose which i very much agreed. jose is the one who gave us all the title and excitement in or outside the field. now he his gone, i think i will follow him to whatever place he goes.

i believe this will not be the end, certain chelsea players will definately follow jose to elsewhere and sad to predict that now chelsea (for this year) will not bag any trophy at all.

final but not the least.......

fuck the roman.

[The Oracle]

Originally Posted by Peter_North

A true blue Chelsea fan will not be held hostage by Roman's roubles.

bro, could not agreed more....

[no_faith]

wa bro oracle, so long neber see u.

i also a fan of Jose Mourinho how he brought up the morale of his players, how he made the EPL so lively, his arrogance but Chelsea is the club we support, even he left, we still gonna behind the club, rite?

dunno wat Roman is thinking. maybe Grant is more obedient.

[The Oracle]

Originally Posted by no_faith

dunno wat Roman is thinking. maybe Grant is more obedient.

bro no faith, i was busy with my peronal thing for the past few months. i think roman wants all the "yes" man at his side.

keep your eyes peel for the coming match against fulham. i'm not surpise to see a draw or even worse, a defeat in stamford bridge. something that never happened in the bridge since jose become the manger of chelsea.

[no_faith]

i afraid so. furthermore it is london derby.