Go back and speak and speak and speak.
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“If it was a club where I gave nothing it would be more hard”.
“Am I going to have any negative reaction if the crowd has something negative with me? No!” I keep all these good memories.
“The most important thing is concentrating, which we are doing at the moment”, he told Chelsea TV, when asked about Conte’s new formation.
It was for the second time that Mourinho had left Chelsea.
“We had always the relation of owner-manager, a very respectful relation”.
“We never shared anything personal”.
“I have lots of respect”.
Mourinho has a habit of lobbing little grenades into press conferences that leave press officers staggered and journalists rubbing their hands.
But having presided over four defeats at the Bridge last season prior to his dismissal, he concedes some of the magic has faded.
“With players such as Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rashford, United fans won’t accept the idea they won’t try to attack”.
Conte said: “I think that it arrives at the right moment for us”. I am more focused on the game. The Belgian winger scored 19 goals (and 11 assists) in the 2014-15 season and 17 goals in 2013-2014 season under Jose Mourinho and was voted Chelsea’s “Player of the year” for two consecutive seasons. The computer has decided it is to go now.
“What can I expect?”
“I don’t think they want to, but even if they want to, they couldn’t delete me from Chelsea history”. But we will also witness a reunion between current Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte and a player he helped develop into the world’s most expensive player of all time.
“Mourinho put too much pressure on him”.
“It’s not nice for me or anyone but that’s life, I took it in a positive way”, he said.
“You look to the table and the distances are so short”, he remarked. They are in a good position’.
The top four itself remains close. It looks like it is going to be tight.
“If it was a club where I gave nothing, I think it would have been more hard”.
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This season, United’s form appear to have nose dived considering they started the season with three wins In three games scoring six goals and conceding only one against Bournemouth, Southampton and Hull City before struggling thereafter and losing against Manchester City and Watford.
