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CHELSEA FC : José relaxed ahead of new season

/noticias.info/ José Mourinho revealed no pressure as he spoke to journalists from the daily newspapers at the Cobham training ground yesterday.



“You have to win trophies every season. Despite we are in a top country and when you lose you lose to big teams, so that should not be a drama. But it is a motivation for us, it must be a habit to win, and this season we must win again.



“We have four competitions plus the Charity Shield, and we have to win trophies.”



Time and again he was invited to comment on Arsène Wenger, Arsenal’s manager, in an attempt to inflate the cut and thrust ‘media’ dialogue between them. Time and again he refused.



“I have admiration for the manager. They have already a scouting department well organised for sure, they spend money on the kids and they produce the talent. Of course I respect that.”



So why, the journalists asked, did he have a better relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson?



“I don’t know the Wenger type. I cannot criticise people I don’t know. I spoke with Wenger once in Geneva, and I shake hands before and after Arsenal games. Nothing else. I cannot judge a man by his professional comments.



“We (José and Sir Alex) just had better chances to know each other. We were together three times in Geneva, we flew on the same plane, we meet before games, we play more games, with Porto, in the Carling Cup, and the fact that Carlos (Queiroz) is the assistant we meet before and after the games, and I admire the man.



“We just need respect, try to concentrate on ourselves, in our jobs, and try to ignore comments of other people. If you have a special relationship it’s better, but that’s a private thing.”



But what about various comments? Like Wenger’s on overpriced Chelsea players and Peter Kenyon’s on the League champions coming from a group of one?



On the former he spoke of £21m Shaun Wright-Phillips: “He’s even better than I thought. He’s a better player that I thought, more intelligent, not just intuitive, he also thinks the game. He understands what we teach, he understands where he is, he’s improving a lot to adapt to our tactical situation. He’s ready to play, he knows where to be, he knows what to do.



“If he was a player from a Spanish team, Portuguese team or a Belgian team, he is expensive. But when he comes from an English team he is not expensive. That is your market.”



On the latter, he said: “I don’t see this as arrogance. For years people call me this, and I don’t see it as arrogance, even out of context as it was. He says what he feels in his heart. I read in the summer how many Manchester United players saying they will kill Chelsea, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, and for me this is normal. All their life they win trophies and last season they won nothing. It is normal.”



As to the improvements he is looking to make this season, he was deliberately coy. “It’s a question I don’t want to answer because we work on tactical things. In spite of great results last season we felt we had to improve in certain tactical aspects, bring something else to our game, and we are working on that.”



However great the desire to sign Michael Essien, he has declared no desire to sign Michael Owen. Why? the journalists asked.



“We play with one striker normally, one striker and two wingers. So a big investment in Drogba and a player that I love; big investment in Crespo and a player that I love; Carlton Cole is a personal bet that I want to win, maybe not immediately but I want to win; and Gudjohnsen is a player that I want because he is different.”



So no Owen, but on Sunday four wingers. “For sure against Arsenal because of the six changes I will use all four.” The Charity Shield allows a bench of seven from which you can use six.



Finally, Martin Lipton of the Daily Mirror, somewhat sheepishly, asked for a comment on the return of Stamford, the mascot. José thought carefully, and then said: “I will give you an answer but only if you use it as intended, as a joke.” The press agreed. He told them: “The mascot was very important because against Bayern Munich I was the mascot.”
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