I know that one day we all hope that Jose Mourinho will take over that National team. But in the meantime I thought we would start a thread following His Progress in the E.P.L Roy
Today Jose Mourinho praised Hernan Crespo saying that he has had 4 good training days. He also said that in a couple of days they will decide if he will stay at the club. If he does no Drogba. But if he leaves or Chelsea let"s him go then they will sign Dieder Drogba.
Mourinho today slammed Tottenham and Postiga saying that he never should have gone to the prmeirship because he can not play in the air and he has not enough fight in him. But he plays well with the ball at his feet. which is perfect for Portugal , Spain or Italy but not in England
Mourinho wants Crespo to decide one way or the other or his going to be committed to the team or will be let go, Mourinho wants to have everybody ready for the 21 July Tour of the USA I got a feeling once the players meet Mourinho brazilian assistant coach and bodyguard, they will decide one way or the other, his famous from been rude and slap a couple players around Didier Drogba could be the replacement PEDE AO ARGENTINO QUE SE DECIDA Mourinho lança ultimato a Crespo O treinador do Chelsea, José Mourinho, lançou hoje um ultimato a Hernán Crespo, dando pouco mais de uma semana ao avançado argentino para decidir se deseja permanecer no clube londrino, vice-campeão inglês. "Quero partir para os Estados Unidos (a 21 de Julho) com o plantel definido. Desejo que Crespo fique, mas, se sair, procuraremos outro avançado. Não quero jogadores que não estejam 100 por cento comprometidos com o clube", ameaçou. O técnico português exprimiu descontentamento pelo facto de o argentino ter falhado o início dos trabalhos do Chelsea, na semana passada, sem ter emitido qualquer aviso prévio: "Não compreendo porque razão chegou atrasado. Apresentou as suas explicações e voltou tudo a entrar na normalidade." Didier Drogba, natural da Costa do Marfim, é apontado como um dos mais fortes candidatos ao lugar ocupado por Hernán Crespo e Mourinho já se manifestou apreciador da "velocidade e vigor" do avançado do Marselha. Data: Segunda-Feira, 12 de Julho de 2004 19:00:00
Drogba will be sold to Chelsea as he was bought for $ 35 million Dollars. His Team could not say no to the Money. Hey Frank Mourinho has a Bodyguard?
Impatient Mourinho irritated by haphazard start By Clare Lovell WEST DRAYTON, England, July 12 (Reuters) - For a man who likes order and precision Jose Mourinho is finding his first few weeks as Chelsea manager somewhat frustrating. For a start, half his squad is missing most pre-season training, needing time off after the rigours of Euro 2004. The internationals from six different countries will join their team mates piecemeal depending on how far their team progressed in Portugal. On July 21 the squad leave for America for three friendlies, fixtures arranged before Mourinho was hired and which do not fit in with his careful preparation for the premier league season starting with a blockbuster against Manchester United on August 15. He was, he told Reuters in an interview on Monday, at a disadvantage compared with United's Alex Ferguson and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger in that they already knew their players. "It's complicated for me. I cannot just receive (half) the players and three days later have them play Celtic or AC Milan or Roma," the 41-year-old Portuguese coach said. "The most important thing is the Championship and the Champions League." Some of Mourihno's irritation with the American fixtures arises from a growing realisation that his squad, while strong physically, still need a lot of work to hone tactical skills. TACTICAL CULTURE "A top team player must have a big tactical culture to adapt on the pitch to every situation, to have the capacity to analyse play and to play in different ways," he said. "This comes with work." Mourinho took unfancied Porto, a side with few big names and none of Chelsea's financial muscle, to the UEFA Cup in 2003 and to Champions League glory last May setting great store by tactical acumen, flexibility and knowing your opposition. "If you play Italian teams you can expect a perfect defensive team, in Germany it will be very physical and super organised teams, from the Spanish you will get a creative and dynamic offensive team," he said. While some of their training methods may concentrate too much on physical fitness at the expense of finesse, the Portuguese said he admired the English player for "a fantastic mentality to work, to really fight. They are ready to give everything." With the return of England's Frank Lampard and his France midfield team mate Claude Makelele alongside the other internationals, Mourinho expects standards to improve. "We can start working in a different way... on a better level," he said. Mourinho is adamant he wants his final squad decided before the team leave for the U.S. Chelsea have already shed some older players in captain Marcel Desailly and striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink as well as Danish winger Jesper Gronkjaer who signed for Birmingham on Monday, joining former Chelsea defender Mario Melchiot and on-loan striker Mikael Forssell. NEW ARRIVALS New youthful arrivals include Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech, Dutch winger Arjen Robben and Portuguese defender Paulo Ferreira, who all progessed at least to the semi-finals at Euro 2004. Serbia and Montenegro striker Mateja Kezman is awaiting a work permit but there is still a question mark over Argentine Hernan Crespo who arrived late for training and has been linked by newspapers with a move back to Italy. Marseille striker Didier Drogba could be on the shopping list if Crespo moves. The British press have dubbed Mourinho arrogant. Certainly the manager, who grew up watching his father play in goal for Portugal and rubbing shoulders with national footballing heroes such as Eusebio, is self assured and ambitious. Assistant manager Baltemar Brito describes him as "exigent (demanding) with a highly developed work ethic". Keeper Carlo Cudicini said training sessions, which start and finish to the minute, were intense and required full concentration and commitment. Precision, pragamatism and punctiliousness look like becoming the new watchwords at Chelsea, a club in the past rather more associated with fashion, flamboyance and fickleness. But then Mourinho is not bothered about popularity. Asked if he worried about Chelsea fans' affection for his predecessor Claudio Ranieri, he replied bluntly: "I was very surprised to see Mr Ranieri so popular but without a trophy in four years. "In Portugal if you win you are a god if you lose you are sacked."
Mourinho on sky sports, critized the youth programs of Chelsea , he want's one club and not two, his on the lookout for somebody to run the youth department the working facilities a lot to desired they compare to a bottom portuguese team, they soon will be moving to a new complex
Mourinho makes his debut for Chelsea on Saturday vs Oxford. I wonder if under 21 Felipe Oliveira will play. 3 portuguese players on the team Tiago, Oliveria and Paulo Feriera
Now that he has Tiago. He says he wants Drogba by Wednesday to complete his team. Mourinho also said that after Wednesday they will buy no more players
Chelsea draw in Mourinho's first friendly LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho's first game in charge of big-spending Chelsea ended in a stuttering 1-1 draw at lower league side Oxford United on Saturday. Mourinho fielded a strong side for the friendly including new striker Mateja Kezman, signed from PSV Eindhoven, who equalised in the second half after Chelsea fell behind to a Tommy Mooney strike keeper Carlo Cudicini should have saved. Oxford, from the fourth division of English football, are managed by former Chelsea assistant coach Graham Rix and coped well with the likes of Joe Cole and Eidur Gudjohnsen. Premier league champions Arsenal also played a strong line-up as they hammered minor league side Barnet 10-1 in their first pre-season friendly. Jose Antonio Reyes, left out of Spain's Euro 2004 squad last month, hit a hat-trick as did forgotten striker Francis Jeffers, having returned from a year on loan at former club Everton. Robin van Persie, Arsenal's new recruit from Feyernoord, scored one and looked impressive in his first game while new goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, signed from Celta Vigo this week, conceded early on when Barnet scored first. Updated on Saturday, Jul 17, 2004 12:11 pm EDT Email to a Friend | View Popular Recent News • Canaries beat Malaysia 1-0 in friendly match • UEFA Intertoto Cup third round, first leg results • Marseille's Drogba finalizes Chelsea move Search: Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! News The Web for
Mourinho: 'Results not important, yet' Jose Mourinho intends to push his Chelsea players hard over the next month as they prepare to launch their bid for the Barclays Premiership title. Mourinho: Results not important (AdamDavy/Empics) Chelsea were rarely extended as they opened their pre-season campaign with a 1-1 draw at League Two Oxford today but they needed a 67th-minute equaliser from new recruit Mateja Kezman to avoid defeat. Mourinho claimed afterwards that his players were a long way from being at the high level of fitness he is demanding but was not unduly concerned about the result at the Kassam Stadium. Mourinho said: 'I was pleased with the attitude of the players because it is not easy to play football when you are tired. 'They were already tired when the match started so I asked them for a big effort and they did it. 'Some of the performances were going down because they were so tired but this is what I wanted. I wanted them to feel the quality and intensity of the training. 'This is pre-season and the result is not important. At the moment they are not fit but after a period of hard work they will arrive at the fitness we need. 'The objective was to put them in a competitive situation in a football match and it was good.' Chelsea now head off to the United States on Wednesday to continue their pre-season preparations. The likes of John Terry and Frank Lampard, who have been given extended leave after Euro 2004, rejoin the squad on Monday. Kezman only linked up with the squad in midweek after his #5.5million move from PSV Eindhoven but was soon in the thick of the action and had a number of chances to open his Chelsea account. His goal eventually arrived midway through the second half after good work from fellow new signing Felipe Oliveira, cancelling out Tommy Mooney's 42nd-minute opener. Mourinho added: 'I imagine when he is really sharp, with the quality players behind him, he can be a really good player for us.' Oxford boss Graham Rix was pleased with his side's performance as they claimed a morale-boosting result against his former club. Rix said: 'I was pleased and we are moving in the right direction without a shadow of a doubt. 'I am happy but I am not going to get carried away. There is loads of work still to be done but we have definitely made a lot of progress. 'I was a bit disappointed to be honest because our passing and retention of the ball was not good. 'But I was probably expecting a four or five-goal onslaught in the second half but the lads stuck at it. 'The Oxford fans can go away pleased with what they have seen but knowing we are not the finished article.'
Tiago should be included on the trip to the United States, July 24 vs Celtic July 29 vs Roma 2 Aug vs Milan Jogador viaja para os EUA Tiago deverá integrar já a comitiva do Chelsea que amanhã deixa Londres com destino a Seattle, nos Estados Unidos. O clube londrino tem três jogos agendados: com o Celtic, dia 24, com a Roma, a 29, e com o Milan, a 2 de Agosto
With Drogba and Tiago the door is now closed for buying players as Mourinho wants his full team for the trip to U.S.A
Chelsea 4 Celtic 2 They still need 1 more Center Defenceman But boy do they have a very good team. First victory for Jose Mourinho GRANDE MOURINHO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Mourinho answers back to Ferguson http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/mourinho_hits_back_at_ferguson_news_56535.html
Halftime Chelsea 2 Milan 1 Very bad goal let in Cudducini Drogba looks awesome out there. If he keeps this up he will be worth the money they spent on him.