Jose Mourinho resigns as Chelsea manager. The Club has confirmed the reports and made an official statement on its website at around 2 am.
The Chelsea statement says, “Chelsea Football Club and José Mourinho have agreed to part company today (Thursday) by mutual consent”.
Mourinho’s departure will definitely send shockwaves through English football, although people were expecting him to leave Chelsea this summer.
Mourinho sent text messages to John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba wishing each of them “good luck in the rest of your career” and saying that he was leaving the club this morning.
The former Porto Manager, who joined Chelsea in the summer of 2004, led them to the Premiership title in both of his first two seasons. He had had a patchy relationship with Roman Abramovich last season.The Russian billionaire was unhappy with the Chelsea’s defensive approach and with Manchester United reclaiming the Premier League Cup last season.
Pressure had already been mounting on Mourinho after failing to win the UEFA Champions League and not so good start to this season’s Premiership campaign – draw at Liverpool, losing at Aston Villa and then again draw at Blackburn last Saturday. Chelsea is currently at fifth position in Premier League. The final kick seems to have come on Tuesday when Chelsea drew with Rosenborg in the Champions League. Mourinho is reported to have held crisis talks with furious owner Roman Abramovich following the Blues’ dismal 1-1 home draw.
Mourinho has always claimed he would never walk out on Chelsea, but it looks like he has finally had enough, perhaps in the knowledge he was on the verge of being pushed.
Jose Mourinho is Chelsea’s most successful manager and was voted as “Premiership Manager of the Year” in 2005 and 2006. Since he joined the club just over 3 years ago, Chelsea haven’t lost a single home match in the Premiership and have only lost 10 league games and 23 games in all competitions.
“You know, omelettes, eggs? If you have no eggs, you have no omelette. And it depends upon the the quality of the eggs. In the supermarket you have Class One, Two and Three eggs. Some are more expensive and make better omelettes. So when Class One eggs are in Waitrose and you cannot go there, you have a problem.â€
“Young players are a little bit like melons. Only when you open and taste the melon are you 100 percent sure that the melon is good.Sometimes you have beautiful melons but they don’t taste very good and some other melons are a bit ugly and when you open them, the taste is fantastic.”
Jose on Arsene Wenger – “I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea.”
Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho expected to receive up to £25m in compensation after his departure from Stamford Bridge.
