01-12-2013
Six months into his second reign as Chelsea
manager Jose Mourinho has been taking
stock.
The Portuguese returned to Stamford Bridge
in June, just under six years after his first
stint in charge of the club came to an end.
Our manager believes his career, which has
taken in hugely successful spells in Portugal,
England, Italy and Spain, is only now starting
to reach its pinnacle, rendering any claims
that he might feel under pressure in the job
futile.
'I came back here to give my best knowing
that this team and this squad wouldn't be
ready to achieve what people probably think
we have to achieve,' Mourinho noted.
'I always thought my job this time would be
a completely different job profile. I know
what I was told in my contacts with Chelsea
before we decided to work together again. I
am the one who puts pressure on myself, so
when you are that kind of personality I
don't think you need to be worried about
anything else.
'I am the kind of guy that year after year,
title after title I don't change. I have a lot of
maturity so after a defeat or a bad result,
fragility or pressure doesn't arrive.
'I'm at probably the best moment of my
career,' Mourinho concluded.
'I am still a young manager but I already
have years of experience. Nothing is new to
me in football; everything that happens
looks like déjà vu.'
One topic that has engulfed the world of
football in the past few days is match-fixing,
and Mourinho, who had left Portugal by the
time the 'Golden Whistle' scandal in that
country erupted, was quick to express his
disgust at the latest allegations.
'When there is smoke people think there is
fire, and people are going to try to find the
fire. I don't like the smoke, I only like the fire,
which is the truth.
'For me, it's shocking. This has happened in
almost every area of society, starting in the
most important one, which is politics. They
run our lives and all over the world you find
it. It's very difficult to say there is a
completely clean professional area.
'When it comes to football it comes to my
job, and that is when I don't like it. Here
hopefully we find the truth and if there was
match-fixing people have to be very strong
to try to kill because I hate it.'
- Jose Mourinho speaking to Chelsea TV
about today's game versus Southampton
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