It is often seen in soccer these days that ahead of any big showdown teammates including managers talk about any of their previous associations with the side they are going to clash and sometime it is done intentionally as part of a calculated mind game and these kinds of off field practices are more common in England. Sunday’s Capital One final is obviously the biggest showdown of the season till date and both the participants, i.e., Chelsea and Tottenham are trying to win the game with or without a best play in the field. Accordingly, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has talked about the some seven years old offer from the White Hart Lane side that he turned down for his exit clause that did not allow him move to England. Don’t know why he is revealing this now when he is up to meet Tottenham in the Capital One Cup final this weekend or he has some plans which he has begun implementing! Recalling those days Portuguese said, “I couldn’t go. I couldn’t train in England for two years,” though he as well added he loves The Blues fans so much hence can’t think now to move out of Stamford Bridge.
Nonetheless, upcoming final has become an ego issue for the former Everton manager and he would do his best to win his first title on second term with Chelsea. What he said reacting over his earlier campaign remarks, is, “Good question. That I love it? Yes. I would not change my feelings about it.
“About my desire to work for this club? No change. Exactly the same. Maybe in two, three, four months, maybe I can change my feelings. In this moment I’m a bit disappointed, yes. The only way for my frustration to go away is to play matches and to finish matches with the best feeling. And to finish matches with the best feeling is not just because you win.
“I remember clearly when we lost our first game of the season, at Newcastle, and after the game I told the media this was the way I like to lose. Great referee, no controversial decisions, we played well and tried everything and were unlucky — this is the way I like to lose.
“So that the good feeling is not because you win — it is a consequence of what happened, what you smell and what you feel. The only way I can be really comfortable is when the 90 minutes give me everything I love in football.”