Saturday, 22 August 2015

Mourinho the unhappy one


Jose Mourinho is the Happy One no more after Chelsea's
worst start to a Premier League season in 17 years.
The champions go to West Brom on Sunday bidding for a
first win of the season after beginning with a 2-2 draw at
home to Swansea and 3-0 loss at title rivals Manchester
City .
"We have one point from two matches. I'm not happy at
all," said Mourinho, before listing those under-performing.
"I'm not happy with anyone. I'm not happy with (Branislav)
Ivanovic's form, (Gary) Cahill, John (Terry), Azpi (Cesar
Azpilicueta), Eden (Hazard), (Cesc) Fabregas, (Nemanja)
Matic.
"But, for me, the first thing is I'm not happy with my form,
because I used to get better results than I'm getting (now).
"This is the start of everything."
Mourinho, who described himself as the Happy One on his
return to Chelsea two summers ago, is eager for self-
improvement as well as collective.
"I go to the gym every day now to get fitter," said Mourinho,
who says he went once every six months previously.
"Maybe I need more action on the touchline, so I need to be
fitter."
The Blues boss this week made efforts to improve Chelsea,
convincing Pedro to sign from Barcelona in a one minute
conversation. Pedro could make his debut at the
Hawthorns.
Mourinho became aware of the availability of the Spain
forward on Monday and Chelsea signed him for £21million
on Thursday, swooping swiftly for a player Manchester
United had pursued for around a month.
The World Cup winner joined Baba Rahman, a left-back
signed from Augsburg, in moving to Chelsea in the wake of
the loss at City.
"For me, it was one minute," said Mourinho, before recalling
the conversation.
"'Is it true that you want to leave Barcelona?' 'Yes, it's true.
I love it here. It's my home, but it's time for me to move.'
'Did you sign already for another club?' 'Almost, but not
yet.' 'Do you want to come here?' 'Yes, I want.'
"I told people in the club 'it's over to you'. (But) I thought he
would never leave Barcelona."
The former Real Madrid boss has acrimonious history with
Barcelona.
"Maybe I insulted him or he insulted me. But, for football
people, that's not a problem," Mourinho said.
"It's a problem for non-football people. In football, people
forget."
Further signings could follow, if the chance arises before
the September 1 deadline.
"People used to call it the transfer window. I sometimes call
it the opportunity window," Mourinho added.
"While the window is open there is always an opportunity."

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