Mourinho is finally a man in The Blue for the second time in his career. He officially took place a press conference on Monday where more than 250 journalists fired questions from all corners, but magnificent Mourinho never hesitated to answer every bit of query he was asked. He also unveiled his official t-shirt wearing his name and described himself a ‘Special One’ during his press meet. The Portuguese brainy has earlier led Chelsea back from 2004 to 2007; perhaps he has a record of two back to back title wins for The Blues. He is similarly optimistic for his second spell as well and that is why he has been given a lucrative budget to hire new talents he thinks fit for Chelsea’s next campaign. His current deal is for four-year term, hence he would be having a sufficient time to settle down and make changes from the grass root level. Earlier, his relationships with club boss Roman Abramovich were known to everyone, in fact, unpleasant understandings between them made him left the club through mutual understating. During his first press meet as Chelsea manager, he said, “Time flies. A lot of things happened in my professional life in the last nine years, but I have the same nature, I am the same person, I have the same heart, I have the same kind of emotions related to my passion for football and my job, but I am a different person in this moment.
“If I have to describe myself, I would describe myself as a very happy person because it’s the first time I arrive in a club where I already love the club.” While talking about his previous experience at Stamford Bridge, he added, “First of all, that’s not true. I read and I keep hearing that I was fired, I was sacked, we had a complete breakdown of our relationship – that was not true. Many didn’t believe that but it was a mutual agreement. We thought it was best for both of us, for me and the club.”
Chelsea has qualified for Championship League next year, and Mourinho has good experience playing there, so it would be interesting to see how new manager uses his experience to enable his old club to make an impressive impact there. Talking about his journey from Inter Milan to Real Madrid to Chelsea, he said, “It was a sad moment but I don’t regret that decision because after that I went to Inter, where I had probably the best moment of my career. After that I went to Madrid where we still have the record of the best team in Spanish history. For Chelsea things went well too, after that Chelsea were European champions for the first time.”