Mourinho: Drogba is just trying to sell books

But boss Mourinho hit back at one of his most trusted lieutenants, saying: “When you speak because you want to sell books, I don’t read”.

‘You have to anticipate things and read the game faster.

‘During my time at Chelsea we had a lot of leaders in the team, not only past year but during the previous seasons as well, ‘ he said.

However, despite being linked with an immediate move back to the Premier League, it’s understood that Robin van Persie is happy at Fenerbahce and the striker himself has played down links with Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho believes Didier Drogba criticised Chelsea’s players in order to increase book sales.

The pair had a row during Chelsea’s Champions League win against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday.

“He also told me a few nice words from where he was”. Nothing happened at half time.

“I like interviews from big guys like Didier with good journalists or newspapers or television, but this is not an interview”.

“It doesn’t disappoint me – it was just the reality”. It was just to sell books.

Chelsea face Tottenham on Sunday, desperate to avoid a repeat of their 5-3 hammering at White Hart Lane last season. They lose a couple of matches and nothing happens.

With Chelsea beginning to show signs of their old self after a disastrous start to the season all but ruled them out of the title race, the club are now considering any transfer business in January in a bid to strengthen their push for Champions League qualification.

“They are in the Europa League, in the group phase, and no one cares about that at that stage”.

“In the Premier League we played a tough game there and it was a hard defeat to take but we played them in the League Cup final after that and won, so every game is different”.