Highly successful Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is known to be the man of his words that is why he often tries to be in the news with hottest revelations about his career, his future plans, and sometimes, what he did playing for other sides during initial stage of his career. Knowingly, he has been associated with several sides in his long running career including leading the Spanish giant Barcelona where he used to be descent successful. In his latest discloser, he says he and his former senior Sir Bobby Robson were close to bring Thierry Henry at Camp Nou when he was young. Recently, Henry retired off his professional career after playing a long eight-year spell for Arsenal where he also achieved the feat of scoring highest number of goals and Portuguese latest discloser could only be his attempt to present himself as the only man who can identify promising players in their teen ages. Recalling old days when he used to be the assistant of Robson he apparently made a significant success in signing Henry but unfortunately Frenchman later decided to go to Serie A side Juventus.
In his recent interview given to talkSPORT, former Everton manager said, “When I was an assistant in Barcelona with Mr Robson in 1996. He was in Monaco and he went to Juventus, we lost him by an inch. After that he was not on my radar because it was never a possibility to come to my teams. Could you imagine in that moment leaving Arsenal to come to Chelsea? I wouldn’t imagine that.
“He’s the kind of player that you need forever, especially in the Premier League where he was more than any other place. He was okay in Barcelona and the national team, but the real Thierry Henry, the player that we are all going to miss forever, is the one that made unbelievable seasons and incredible history in the Premier League.”
Talking about his plans for January transfer window, he added, “When I saw Zouma I was scared. We can’t lose players for a long period of time. Happily for us and for the kid, no. We are a short squad, but a squad of good players. Our project is to start and to finish the season with these players. Nobody to leave, nobody to come.”
It is still not clear why the second term serving Blues manager is revealing these facts now or he is intending for someone in January!