Mourinho leaves Chelsea!

[RussP]

Not confirmed yet but reports on SS News now

[western skies]

**** me - didn't see that coming.

Just been on 5Live, apparantly he's quit. Guess he's had enough of Roman's mind-games.

Can't really work out how I feel about this to be honest.

[meatman]

[Nade]

This is a true disgrace, purely politics and nothing else. One of the great characters of football and most of all great managers leaving england can only be a bad thing. Wish him all the best.

[Kicksnare]

Whilst I know it was always going to happen sometimes, I'm still shocked.

Good luck to the guy, I'll miss his arrogance and wise-cracks.

[Burran]

1.03 on Mourihno being the first manager to leave a PL-club. Betfair

[AJ]

Surprised with the timing, but not the decision.

He's not been allowed to do his job for a while, the interferance from management is shocking. I'd have him at OT in a heartbeat when Sir Alex retires.

[western skies]

Unconfirmed news that a Chelsea player has informed journos that Jose was sacked and didn't resign.

Unbelievable.

Sooner or later we are going to regret sacking good managers. we've had an amazing run of luck ever since we booted Ruud Gullit out when we were second in the table and in the semis of the League Cup & Cup Winners Cup. Vialli, Ranieri, now Jose - we're due an absolute duffer who fooks it up royally, even if it's just karma for consistently sacking managers who are doing a decent job.

[friskyfitz]

Originally Posted by Nade(BPP)

This is a true disgrace, purely politics and nothing else. One of the great characters of football and most of all great managers leaving england can only be a bad thing. Wish him all the best.

Two Premiership Titles
Two League cups
One F.A Cup

In three years..

What Id give for that at WHU

Complete fcuking disgrace TBH

[[Loki]]

Who will they sign now, maybe Capello. Although Abromavich doesn't like defensive minded tactics and he wants to enjoy games not defensive slow games. So probably not him. Chelsea crumbling, i love it.

It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Peanut Butter Jelly Time

[friskyfitz]

Surely not Ramos (The Seville Coach) - Ive been raking my head trying to think of who would take it and he's the ONLY one I could think of off-hand in club football...

Odds on Mourinho replacing Steve Staunton as ireland manager dropping fast..:hop e:hop e *











* that WAS a joke!! - More wishful thinking!

[DP]

Never saw that shocker coming despite all the argy bargy at the club of late.

[888]

Fook me

He and Ranieri was my all time Chelsea's favourite manager. Roman is a daft cn*t. Sure Jose style of football is not one of the most attractive to watch, but his style is not the worst either. Compare it to Trapatonni, Mourinho football style is far from boring. Interesting though who will Roman bring to the Bridge next, Guus Hiddink anyone ??

Anyway, wish the guy well and maybe Mourinho @ Tottenham ?? Who knows ...

[AJ]

Roman should manage the team himself if he feels he can't appoint a professional to do the job, and let him do it their own way.

If he wants sparklinng football he should appoint Keegan

[Unbelievable]

Jose Mourinho's three-year reign at Chelsea came to an abrupt end on Thursday as the Portuguese manager's fraught relationship with the club's Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, finally reached breaking point.

An announcement that will send shockwaves through English and European football came in the early hours of Thursday morning with Chelsea claiming that Mourinho had left "by mutual consent."
A terse statement posted on the London club's website stated: "Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have agreed to part company today (Thursday) by mutual consent."

Mourinho had reportedly informed Frank Lampard and other senior players that he was on his way out on Wednesday evening and late-night talks at Stamford Bridge concluded with confirmation of his departure.
If he wants to go straight into another job, Mourinho will not be short of offers.

The Portuguese manager, who made his reputation by guiding FC Porto to Champions League glory in 2004, has transformed the English football landscape since taking over at Stamford Bridge in June 2004, winning two Premier League titles in his first two years in charge, the FA Cup last season and the League Cup in 2005 and 2007.

Of the 185 games he has been in charge, Chelsea have won 124, drawn 40 and lost 21, a record that includes a 60-match unbeaten run in Premier League matches at Stamford Bridge.

The statistics go some way towards justifying Mourinho's famous description of himself as "a special one."
That comment was made in his first press conference in England and it is a judgement that few Chelsea fans would dispute after three years which saw the club end its 50-year wait to be crowned champions and establish itself as one of the most feared teams in Europe.

But the success has failed to seduce Abramovich and the Russian's relationship with his most outspoken employee turned sour last season when he refused to come up with the funds Mourinho required to land his January transfer targets -- a stance the Portuguese believes contributed to Chelsea conceding the Premier League title to Manchester United.
On the other side of the feud, Abramovich has grown increasingly impatient with the fact that, after investing nearly 500 million pounds (one billion dollars) in the club, Chelsea have failed to conquer Europe and continue to lag behind the likes of Arsenal, Barcelona and Manchester United in terms of entertainment value.

Tuesday's disappointing 1-1 Champions League draw with Norwegian side Rosenberg -- watched by fewer than 25,000 fans -- appears to have brought simmering tensions to the boil, and, with hindsight, Mourinho's pre-match comments about the need to buy the best eggs to make the best omelette offered a hint that things were not going smoothly behind the scenes.

Mourinho and Abramovich appeared to have agreed to bury their differences over the summer and the manager had started this campaign pledging that he would be a much more "chilled" figure than in his first two seasons in England.

Chelsea's coach Portuguese Jose Mourinho speaks during a press conference at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, on the eve of their Champions League football match against FC Barcelona, in March 2006. Mourinho's three-year reign at Chelsea came to an abrupt end on Thursday as the Portuguese manager's fraught relationship with the club's Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, finally reached breaking point.

But the strain of Chelsea's poor recent form was evident on Saturday, when Mourinho tossed a flat-screen television set to the ground in frustration over a disallowed goal in his side's 0-0 draw with Blackburn.
The manager has also made no attempt to disguise his frustration with Chelsea's misfiring striker Andriy Shevchenko, whose 30-million-pound signing from AC Milan is widely believed to have been ordered by Abramovich.

Mourinho has also clashed with the Russian owner over backroom appointments, notably the May 2005 recruitment of Dutchman Frank Arnesen as the club's youth/scouting supremo and the appointment of Avram Grant as director of football.

Grant is likely to be in charge of Chelsea for Sunday's trip to Manchester United but it is thought likely that Abramovich will be looking to bring in a high-profile successor to Mourinho.

Russia coach Guus Hiddink and former Germany boss Jurgen Klinsmann are likely to top the speculative short-list, which may also include Sevilla's highly-rated Juande Ramos.

[Unbelievable]

Haven't see any market for next Chelsea manager at betfair.

It seems like interference from the board has reach its limit. I wish Jose Mourinho "The Special One" the best in his next coaching job. He has really transformed Chelsea in many ways from title contender wanabe to real champions in this short period of time.

As for Chelsea, I can't continue to back Correct score 1-0 now

[Jaded]

Fook me!! If they have sacked him, Roman is either insane or not bothered about winning anything... odds of Chelsea finishing 3rd or lower have just crashed down, IMO.

[Unbelievable]

Famous quote from the Special One

On his arrival - June 2004
I intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy.

We have top players and, sorry if I'm arrogant, we have a top manager.

I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't. Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

I don't want special relations with one of them (his players). I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

On his new job - July 2004
If I wanted to have an easy job...I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.

On Tottenham - September 2004
As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal. I would have been frustrated if I had been a supporter who paid £50 to watch this game because Spurs came to defend. There was only one team looking to win, they only came not to concede - it's not fair for the football we played.

On Arsenal after their 5-4 win at Spurs - November 2004
That was not a football score, it was a hockey score...in training I often play matches of three against three and when the score reaches 5-4 I send the players back to the dressing room, because they are not defending properly.

On Thierry Henry's quick free-kick in 2-2 draw - December 2004
I am more than unhappy. Unhappy is a nice word.

On Sir Alex Ferguson - January 2005
Maybe when I turn 60 and have been managing in the same league for 20 years and have the respect of everybody I will have the power to speak to people and make them tremble a little bit.

On Sir Alex Ferguson - January 2005 (a few days later)
People want a storm but there isn't one. I respect Sir Alex a lot because he's a great manager, but he must follow the procedure. I don't speak with referees and I don't want other managers doing it, it's the rule. One thing is to speak, one thing is to shout.

This is nothing against Sir Alex whatsoever. After the game on Wednesday we were together in my office and we spoke and drank wine. Unfortunately it was a very bad bottle of wine and he was complaining, so when we go to Old Trafford for the second leg, on my birthday, I will take a beautiful bottle of Portuguese wine.

But he is a great manager, he is clever and used his power and his prestige. The referee should not allow it. I have a lot of respect for Ferguson. I call him boss because he is the manager's boss. Maybe when I become 60, the kids will call me the same.

On David Beckham - January 2005
He is someone I respect as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been a European champion. I have never been critical of him and reports implying that are incorrect as I've never made comments about him.

On Blackburn - February 2005
During the afternoon it rained only in this stadium - our kitman saw it. There must be a micro-climate here. The pitch was like a swimming pool.

Look at the blond boy in midfield, Robbie Savage, who commits 20 fouls during the game and never gets a booking. We came here to play football and it was not a football game, it was a fight and we fought and I think we fought fantastically.

On leading the title race - February 2005
We are on top at the moment but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.

On losing to Barcelona - February 2005
When I saw Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona coach) entering the referee's dressing room I couldn't believe it. When Didier Drogba was sent off (after half-time) I wasn't surprised.

On... your guess is as good as mine - March 2005
The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine.

On Roman Abramovich - March 2005
If he helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!

On winning the Premiership title - May 2005
This is the start of a process not the end. I want more for me and Chelsea.

On Liverpool after Champions League loss - May 2005
It was a goal that came from the moon - from the Anfield stands.

The best team lost. After they scored only one team played, the other one just defended for the whole game.

Liverpool scored, if you can say that they scored, because maybe you should say the linesman scored.

They are in the final and from my heart I hope they win it. The night belongs to them and I don't want to criticise them.

On Manchester United - May 2005
I saw their players and manager go for a lap of honour after losing to us in their last home game. In Portugal if you do this, they throw bottles at you!

On Arsenal and their vice chairman and FA board member David Dein - July 2005
A person who works in the club should not work in the FA. The FA is the FA and the club is the club.

I am not concerned about how Chelsea are viewed morally. What does concern me is that we are treated in a different way to other clubs. Some clubs are treated as devils, some are treated as angels. I don't think we are so ugly that we should be seen as the devil and I don't think Arsene Wenger and David Dein are so beautiful that they should be viewed as angels.

Is Jose Mourinho the only one who can look at the fixtures and find something very strange?

On the Champions League - September 2005
I won't hold back. What I did last season was the consequence of something. So, if the competition is absolutely normal without anything strange, I would love to be a good boy and to behave well.

On Chelsea's start to the new season - October 2005
We have eight matches and eight victories, with 16 goals, but people say we cannot play, that we are a group of clowns. This is not right.

On the loss of their 100% league record at Everton - October 2005
Everybody is crying that Chelsea keep winning and winning and winning so I think that draw at Goodison Park makes everyone more happy. It gives people more hope and brings to the Premiership what everybody was waiting for.

I may look stupid saying this, but I think we should be going home with three points because we scored two great goals and usually, when you score two and concede one, you win the game.

On losing to Charlton in the Carling Cup - October 2005
I want to give my congratulations to them because they won. But we were the best team. We didn't lose the game. Ninety minutes was a draw and it was a draw after two hours. We lost on penalties.

On winning ways - October 2005
Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that.

On Arsenal's French farce of a penalty - October 2005
You have to wonder why they did that penalty. Because they have so many penalties in the season, that's why. They have to do something special and different.
On Arsene Wenger - October 2005
I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea

[Unbelievable]

Moments of Jose Mourinho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAI5x...related&search=

[Rockman]

Is is a complete disgrace of roman.
One of the finest manager to come to england leaves this way?
I am not a fan of chelsea or any football club in england but for me sir alex and mourinho is something really special in english football.
Wherever jose goes he will be successful and roman have to eat his own medicine.