Jose Mourinho helped me through a “complicated time in my career”, reveals

It wouldn’t be the first time Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has had to part with a significant sum for a departing manager.

“Mourinho is an experienced manager”.

Mourinho went on to say that referees are “afraid” to give his side decisions and added that his players are “mentally” and “physically” down.

With Wayne Rooney out injured, the Chelsea centre-back is also likely to lead the Three Lions out against Lithuania in their final Euro 2016 qualifier on Monday.

What Mourinho ignored, however, was that his teams reached their peak during his first or second seasons at Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Madrid before he either left or stayed amid intensified off-field friction and relatively declining results.

“The Special One” is going through challenging times, as his team has a poor standing at this season’s Premier League and his players” weak performances have destroyed the morale of the “Blues’.

Gary Cahill says Jose Mourinho has every right to round on the Chelsea players following their woeful start to the season. The results with Chelsea at the moment have been really bad.

Following the ignominy of the latest defeat, Chelsea made the unusual step of publicly backing their under-fire manager, breaking the traditional wall of silence erected between Abramovich and the fans. In man-to-man situations he helps me a lot and I respect him for that.

‘I could have commented on his work when he was manager of England or Russian Federation, but I never did. “He should behave better because he will be in the press all over the world”.

“However, I can assure you we are working harder than ever and we will improve”.

“Maybe a few players are not doing what he expects them to do so that’s why he is on top of us, on top of things, trying to get a reaction because he knows he can get the best out of us”.

The club issued a statement declaring their continued faith in the Portuguese.

It also begs the same question of Mourinho’s future beyond Stamford Bridge. And ex-striker Vialli, who joined from Juventus, said: “I thought English football brought the best out of myself and I wanted to adapt”.

“I will do whatever he asks”. Just like Mourinho himself said, last season Dortmund were in the relegation zone at Christmas, but no one expected them to actually be relegated.