The Mourinho Thread

[Jase 43,479]

[Special Juan 28,141]

I will await every do gooder to come along to say calm down etc, well I have news for you, I'm as level headed as it gets and I'm excited as a dog with a line of trees and a belly full of piss.

This guy is literally holding up a CFC shirt crying with joy.

Dot the I's and cross the T's.....this is nigh on done.

Thank you and goodnight

[Martina 210]

It's on TalkSPORT at the moment - the interview is over, but they're talking about the situation in Madrid.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

You must be dumb to think that he wont come, dumb isnt strong word in this case.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Typical Jose, has managed to take all the attention away from Madrid losing a third consecutive CL semifinal and put it on himself. The flirting with Chelsea is also hitting an all time high, not that that is an indication of anything in particular when it comes to Jose Mourinho.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Things are getting interesting....

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Typical Jose, has managed to take all the attention away from Madrid losing a third consecutive CL semifinal and put it on himself. The flirting with Chelsea is also hitting an all time high, not that that is an indication of anything in particular when it comes to Jose Mourinho.

Seriously, seems where is Jose going is the biggest news story now. Everyone already forgot about Dortmund reaching the final and Real choking.

[Ankit 3,176]

Chelsea are willing to offer Frank Lampard a one-year extension once the new manager is in place this summer (Independent) #CFC

[Heartbeat 21]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ShIHb3kY3CI

[The Skipper 20,609]

Seriously, seems where is Jose going is the biggest news story now. Everyone already forgot about Dortmund reaching the final and Real choking.

Which is exactly what Jose wanted - rightly or wrongly, he's managed to take all the attention away from the Real Madrid loss. This is a real manager (pardon the pun), something we could've used when we've been under controversy this season.

I seriously hope Roman offers Jose a contract for next season, he's literally begging to come back home.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Sky Bet have suspended all betting on next Chelsea manager.

[Pizy 18,897]

LOL The Mirror says Jose will be given £100m to spend this summer.

Now THAT is pushing the believability a bit.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Is May 16th the day then?

[The Skipper 20,609]

Sky Bet have suspended all betting on next Chelsea manager.

I personally wouldn't look at that - it's a natural thing to do, especially after what Mourinho's said tonight - they've probably been getting a lot of bets that indiciate Mourinho as the next manager, it's not like they're in the know or anything, they just don't want to lose anymore money. They know as much as we do.

Having said that though, Mourinho surely has to be favourite now.

[Superblue 6,372]

This is all going to boil down to Roman making his mind up with what he wants.

Either he wants Chelsea to create a new identity which takes time and patience, or he wants Chelsea to simply win.

Quite frankly, I loved the identity Chelsea had under Mourinho...a winning machine! This is the greatest indicator yet that he is prepared to return and Roman must make it happen!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

LOL The Mirror says Jose will be given £100m to spend this summer.

Now THAT is pushing the believability a bit.

And news about him announcing a one-year extension to Lampard's contract is not? The media is just playing on the emotions right now..

[Rmpr 8,977]

This is all going to boil down to Roman making his mind up with what he wants.

Either he wants Chelsea to create a new identity which takes time and patience, or he wants Chelsea to simply win.

Quite frankly, I loved the identity Chelsea had under Mourinho...a winning machine! This is the greatest indicator yet that he is prepared to return and Roman must make it happen!

I honestly think it has absolutely nothing to do with that, it has do to with whether he will give Mourinho full power in the transfer window or not...

I bet you that the only thing holding Jose´s rerturn is Roman´s unwillingness to let him have all the decisions that now belongs to him and Emenalo.

[Waterfall 893]

All the transfer rumours of promised transfer budget/buys are surely BS

[Leif 6,006]

"Where I love to be" - SO! Let's dissect this.

Teams he's managed:-

Benfica

Some team I can't spell

Porto

Chelsea

Inter

R. Madrid.

The bolded teams are the ones which I believe he does indeed 'love'. I leave out Porto because despite his success with them, I think that's all it was - success. He may love Porto, but at this point, I wouldn't say Porto is a team where he would "Love to be".

So that leaves Inter & Chelsea.

Inter have pretty much confirmed (or outright confirmed perhaps; Can any avid Serie A followers give this the nod?) that they'll be keeping their young manager Stramaccioni next season. They seem to share a vision, he and the club, and really want to create something special with him.

Jose left Inter in the best way possible. It was a fairy-tail ending. I could only see him going back when he's 60 or 70 and wants one last hoorah.

Then we have us. He wasn't sacked, he didn't outright want to leave; but differences which we don't have explicit details of seemed to end up with Roman and Jose mutually agreeing that he was no longer right for us (in Roman's mind anyway), and thus he and the club part ways.

He hasn't won the Champions League with an English side, and I really think he wants to. I also think we're the only side he wants to win it with.

You can throw in "Manchester United" as a destination as it's easy to do, but really? He wants to create his own legacy. He doesn't want to eventually just end up following in SaF's footsteps!

Another 'option' is Manchester City. The club is run by odd people. So odd that from the looks of things, they may actually be keeping Mancini on for another season. Even if he was to depart however, City don't want to be 'the next Chelsea' and specifically want to do things their own way. Due to this, and the fact a member of the club with a high status was one who swayed Barcelona into the decision of not signing Mourinho on as manager many years back, I can't see him going there.

Chelsea. Chelsea are the only team in England for him. He despises Spain from the looks of things, so he won't join another team there. There's not a team high caliber enough for him in the Bundesliga. Inter & Juventus have their managers set in stone, and he'd never manage AC Milan.

Now we have to consider that fact that he'd probably quite happily face a brand new challenge, and in fact perhaps prefer that option, and opt for a team he doesn't "Love being at", but thinks he could be loved at.

This leaves us with Chelsea and PSG now as realistic options. (If you've stuck with me this far I'll be impressed.)

PSG can offer him almost everything we originally did. What they can't offer him though is an exciting league. He would win Ligue Un every season he's there. Perhaps the idea of leading a French club with a huge vision to a CL triumph, in a beautiful city too, would entice him however. Also the fact that PSG seem cool about letting Ancelotti potentially leaving at the end of the season for a club such as Madrid suggests they have a high-caliber manager in mind to replace him.

I think they'll end up with Pellegrini for some reason though. Well, if we don't that is.

So it's either Chelsea, PSG, or a team not in the top 5 leagues. (I always thought he'd consider a team like Galatasaray you know.)

The ball is in your court, Roman.

(That was fun.)

[Superblue 6,372]

I honestly think it has absolutely nothing to do with that, it has do to with whether he will give Mourinho full power in the transfer window or not...

I bet you that the only thing holding Jose´s rerturn is Roman´s unwillingness to let him have all the decisions that now belongs to him and Emenalo.

If that's the case Roman only has to look at the past to find his answer. When Mourinho first joined and had full power we dominated, and looked like dominating for years to come. As soon as Mourinho's power waned the wheels started coming off. Since power has been dispersed amongst others that aren't managing, we have still won things but shown a lot of inconsistency and poor footballing decisions.