Jose Mourinho Outlines Chelsea FC’s Future
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In this season of transition, Chelsea FC boss Jose Mourinho has outlined his plan for the future of the club and how he plans to build a team similar to the one that has been so dominant for the last decade.
Mourinho outlined the transition from the old guard to the new faces of players such as Nemanja Matic, Oscar, and Eden Hazard:
"“Clearly, Chelsea had a fantastic team that lasted for 10 years, but that team is over, it doesn’t exist any more,” he told reporters at the club’s Cobham training base.Chelsea needs to build another team with some similarities to that one. Some of these boys are still here, but not many of them. And Chelsea is building its future.You could see this season that these people were important to give some stability, to give some experience to the team, but obviously they’re not the players for the next 10 years. The players for the next 10 years have to be the Hazards, Oscars, Matic… these young guys are the guys for the next 10 years.”"
He also revealed the calls he has made to loan players Thibaut Courtois and Romelu Lukaku:
"“I made a decision, but I’m not the club, I’m the manager. I have an opinion. I informed the club about my opinion, not just a simple comment made in a corridor. My final report will have, in detail, this kind of case [Courtois] which you can compare with Lukaku. His was also a successful loan, a long loan in this case. I have my opinion very, very clear.“That’s my job. My job is to analyse things, to have opinions and to make my decisions. After that the club is the club and obviously I have to work for and with the club and respect the club’s decisions. I like to do things in a proper way, I like to be committed with my opinions, and I do that written always. That’s the proper way, to do it officially.”"
Jose Mourinho also acknowledged that he is not untouchable at Chelsea and that he must improve the club to keep his job:
"“I don’t have to win [trophies] next time, but I have to improve. Nobody has that security in football, I believe. I work hard every day to try to prove I’m the right person for the job and the Chelsea job at the moment is a different job than in previous years. David Moyes signed a six-year contract at United and everyone spoke about stability. Everyone was convinced he had stability, myself included, but he didn’t get to the end of his first season.“So, in football now, there must be something really special between manager and club, or the manager must be something really special to be there for five, 10 years. I’m not saying I’ll have that security to be here until the end of my contract or beyond that. I just try and prove I can do my job.”"
Mourinho has been saying all season that he is for the long run and that this is a transitional season for the club. If a transition means challenging for the title until the second to last match and getting to the Champions League semifinal then the future is very bright for Mourinho and the Blues.
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