“They don’t need that special vitamin to improve memories, because if not they would not sing the Special One to me, or to treat the players the way they do”.
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On Friday, Mourinho came out in praise of the 64-year-old Ranieri and the job that his rival is performing at this season’s Premier League sensation, Leicester. After 15 games, Leicester – a team that narrowly avoided relegation last season – leads the standings by two points.
Kurt Zouma was in high spirits as the Chelsea defender goofed around with his son ahead of Monday night’s trip to Leicester City.
His decision to start Christian Benteke didn’t pay off as the Belgian looked isolated while Roberto Firmino was also substituted just after the hour mark after a disappointing performance.
“I have to say, the last defeat was something that was far away from what I believed could happen”. I even don’t know who to react to how nice they are.
Claudio Ranieri, the first of Abramovich’s many managers back in 2003, said in an interview to Sky Sports that he expects the Blues to be back in the top four in no time.
“He is top scorer and it is normal that big clubs want him. Independent of the defeat against Bournemouth, I think the team is improving”.
“It would be something magnificent, it would be something to impress the football world, but sometimes these things can happen and why not happen with them?”
“We like to play at Stamford Bridge, the fans are being absolutely unbelievable with us”.
“This (Chelsea’s league position) doesn’t mean anything because Chelsea is Chelsea, Mourinho is Mourinho”.
Chelsea have won just one away game in the league since that result last season.
He remains convinced he will stay in charge after signing a four-year contract until June 2019 on the eve of the season. I said a few weeks ago that I did not believe that they could be champions, maybe I need to reconsider.
“Normally players and the team have an intimate relationship”.
“He was determined to sign him more than I was”. They’re not in the best of form at the moment and they should be doing a lot better.
Mourinho said that there were no fresh injury concerns for Monday’s fixture against Leicester City, managed by Claudio Ranieri, the man he replaced when he first arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2004.
“When you finish a cycle, another cycle opens”, Mourinho said.
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“We were a bit more in contact, a bit closer”.
