Re: The Official José Mourinho Thread

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Karanka turned down Chelsea assistant managership:
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1488918/real-madrid-aitor-karanka-rejects-chance-coach-chelsea?cc=5901

"Mourinho wanted me to go with him to Chelsea. But there was also the option of staying. I have a great relationship with Florentino so we will sit down and talk and see what happens."

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Wow, could have sworn he said he would follow mourinho to Chelsea.

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Managerial Staff training coats. Chris Lollichon's there after some speculation after his absence at José's first presser  

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Stevie Holland is our first assistant by the looks

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Stevie Holland is our first assistant by the looks

Noted that as well

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Stevie deserves it, for sure.

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Would still prefer a former player, then him, but if it hasn't happened by now it's probably not going to  

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Nah, I don't think we'll see another former player yet.
Maybe Bring in Ferreira or Lampard in a few years.

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I want one now  

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Lampsy will next season when he retires.

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Can't wait that long  

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Just enjoy the amazing combo that Is Jose and Stevie.

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Stevie Clarke is back  

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Let's just Say, Stevie's in Holland.

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Despite only experiencing 24 hours of Jose Mourinho's management, Branislav Ivanovic is already impressed with new Chelsea boss:
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8815131

"I think that with him in the future, Chelsea will act as a team, but we will also improve individually.

"I think that he is very important for the club and for the fans, and that we will be able to meet his expectations."

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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho insists his older players are key to the club's legacy:
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8814390/Chelsea-boss-Jose-Mourinho-insists-his-older-players-are-key-to-the-club-s-legacy

"This is the legacy of the club culture - as some guys are arriving they have others who can transmit to them immediately what this club means."

"One day, these older players will finish and the younger guys now will be the older ones in the future, so the Chelsea culture is continuously passed on from one generation to the next."

"I think Didier Drogba, as a man and as a professional, is a good guy to be looked at as a very special player in the history of this club," he said.

"I can use Didier as a profile to persuade the young boys to follow me because he did follow me from day one.

"He was playing in France and nobody really knew a lot about him when I asked the owner Roman Abramovich to buy him.

"Some people thought he was too expensive for somebody who had not proved himself. Then, in the owner's 10th year in charge, he was voted the best player in Chelsea's history.

"I think every player can have the same ambition that Didier had because he was a guy driven by ambition, by emotion, by friendship and by loyalty.

"He was loyal to the club, the manager, his fellow players and the fans."

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Oh Mou....

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Oh Mou....

Trust me! That's all part of his mind game tactics for the coming season 0_o

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Ramires believes Jose Mourinho can help Chelsea launch title challenge:
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8824349

"The environment during the first training sessions has been very good."

"Everyone is very excited and willing. We can feel positive changes happening. Mourinho and the new signings have contributed a lot to that."

"I might be wrong because we know how things are in football, but I think this season can be better than the 2011-12 one, when we won the Champions League."

"I see our team is ready, more interested and with the possibility of fighting for the Premier League title as well, which is something we haven't done in the last few years."

"Let's wait for the games to start and we will see what happens."

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Oh Mou....

ha haa... he is pushing himself

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Thinking hats - Whom shall I poke first : Moyes or Pelligrini - Both have eyes as big as the holes in those hats.

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Frank: Mour of the same:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/5014676/Frank-Mour-of-the-same.html

"Jose’s been brilliant. He’s probably even better with all the experience."

"He was such an influence on me and the club before, but he’s come back like he’s never been gone. He’s walked straight back into the building and is held with great affection by people behind the scenes."

"Everyone has fallen straight back into it and after two or three days you could see the intensity, his desire to train and to get the team working to try and win rubs off on everyone."

"I know how he works with individuals and gets the best out of players. But just from some of the training sessions, there have been new ideas along the way."

"I’m sure he’s picked them up along the way – it’s been six years since he was last here. He has gone on and won the Champions League and titles in Italy and Spain."

"Pre-season always gets harder as you get older, but it’s very fresh with the new manager and it’s not a long slog."

"Our squad is already fantastic. It’s young and getting better as we go along."

"The manager coming is obviously a great strength for us and the few signings we’ve made and the few more we will potentially make, will make us even better."

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Jose Mourinho has won new squad's hearts already, says Hazard:
http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/chelsea-jose-mourinho-won-new-2055845

"There's been a lot said about him and written about him, things we'd heard and read, but I've found him a very good person."

"He loves his players. He laughs and jokes with them a lot out on the training pitch, and that's good to see in a coach."

"From what I've seen, he's someone who comes across as very calm in what he does. We've only been working together for a week, and it's been a good week."

"I'm sure he can lose his cool, but he's calm in explaining what he wants us to do so that we understand fully his instructions - [so] we learn."

"He's spoken a bit to all of us now. He has told us all what he wants from us, together, and individually too, what he expected of us, what he wants to see, simply."

"To me he told me to be ambitious with my game, to try things and that, if I do that, I can do something special this year."

"I told him I wanted to do myself justice, to do as well as I can, and that is all he wants to see from all of us. I hope it will end up being productive."

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It always nice to see Happiness around. I think Mou has matured after Madrid. Players at Chelsea are very very young. They will listen to him. Hope he doesn't fall out with any players

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Wow Chelsea's pre-season morale is off the charts!

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