Jose Mourinho: Chelsea and I Grew Together

Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho told the media in Monday’s Champions League news conference: “I am not a blue any more. I am red now and I want to win.”

Speaking in Stamford Bridge’s Drake Suite, which has three photos of him and celebrates the title-winning matches, he was very matter of fact about his return to the Bridge and how Blues are simply Benfica’s opponents.

“It’s not so deep to be back here because I live in London and am used to going past here every day,” he said. “I have been back here with three different teams – Benfica is my fourth.”

But when pressed about his time at the club and his legacy, he added: “Of course, I will always be a Blue. I am part of their history and they are part of my history.

“I helped them to become a bigger Chelsea and they helped me to become a bigger Jose.

“When I say I am not a Blue, I hope everybody understands that I am speaking about the job that I have to do. But in relation to these pictures, there are not many clubs that do this, because in many, many clubs it looks like there is a fear of what happened in the past and there is a continuous transformation of pictures.

“Sometimes it looks like they want to delete people that made history in the clubs.

“I don’t think Chelsea fans will boo me because, at least on the street, they are the ones that disturb me for pictures and autographs.”

Source: BBC Sports