It is everything to me. “I spent much of my life there, I even went back to play for three years, but London is a city that has treated me very well”.
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“He knows the situation and the condition of the players and the club took the right decision to stay with Mourinho”.
“Chelsea are used to competing at the top level”.
‘The season is f***ed. We’re doing things better, but we’re not having any luck. It’s not the best time at the club and we want to lift ourselves up and to start playing better.
“Mourinho was our rival [when Fabregas was at Barca], the same as Real Madrid, the same as Sergio Ramos, as Pepe, as Cristiano…We wanted to win against Real Madrid, but not for personal reasons”. We don’t like to be losing. For me, the manager and a few other players, we have always been lucky enough to play for big teams. Always trying to get to the top and always be fighting for things. In the Champions League’.
During Fabregas’s time at Barcelona, Jose Mourinho managed Real Madrid until 2013, after which he returned to Chelsea that summer.
“We can not play like that because we don’t have the players. He likes him a lot and you can not rule out seeing him on the bench again at the Bernabeu”.
“But all of us – the players, fans and the coach – have to pull together and hang tough”.
Fabregas, who has faced criticism for his performances, admits morale is low and he is desperately hoping they can turn things around. We want to win for Chelsea, that is the first thing.
Ex-Chelsea defender Filipe Luis has said Jose Mourinho’s words can be damaging to certain players in his squad, with the Portuguese boss under continuing pressure from all sides to explain the champions’ recent fall from grace.
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The Spaniard left the Blaugrana before the beginning of last season after three years and six trophies with the club. You expect the opponent manager to put on a striker but he puts on a midfielder!
