Premier League - Mourinho: I'll return to Chelsea

Eurosport - Sat, 14 Feb 18:28:00 2009

Internazionale coach Jose Mourinho believes he will return to Chelsea sometime in the future.

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The Portuguese won the Premier League in 2005 and 2006 with the London club, who have put Russia coach Guus Hiddink in charge until the end of the season after sacking Luiz Felipe Scolari.

"If you ask me if one day I think I will return to Chelsea, I will tell you yes I think so, I think so because we were so happy together," Mourinho said ahead Sunday's derby against AC Milan.

"But when I say one day, I am not saying to you when." Mourinho left Chelsea in September 2007 but said he was still a fan of the club.

"I am not there, I am just a supporter from the outside," he said. "I'm somebody who wishes them good because it's a special club for me, I have special friends there.

"I belong to their story, they belong to my story so I am not enjoying this period where they have had several managers in one year and a few months.

"I hope they find stability and go back to (winning) trophies."

Mourinho was succeeded by Avram Grant, who was then sacked in May 2008.

The Inter coach, whose team have a seven-point lead at the top of Serie A, said he was not surprised to see England midfielder David Beckham doing well during his loan spell at AC Milan from Los Angeles Galaxy.

"I knew in advance all the fears people had about him were not fair," said Mourinho. "I knew he was a top professional, he arrived in great condition with great ambition.

"He has adapted very well, he is playing very well. He is giving different kinds of qualities to his team and I hope he stays for the good of the league."

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  1. bring special one to solve all the problems at chelsea­ fc.

    From blassed57, on Tue 17 Feb 5:35PM

  2. cant chelski win without jose,its a shame those guys­ are tired legs do something now b4 its too late­ abromovic

    From oyedeji, on Tue 17 Feb 3:32PM

  3. Abramovich/chelsea,listen if you can't get Mourinho­ the special one,then go 4 Frank Rijkaard (De Man Dat­ Knows All) ! Then Consider chelsea's problems half­ solved and make reshufflements in the weak squad as in­ Malouda,Ballach,Belleti and Anelka then consider­ chelsea's problems completely solved !

    Ikemba­ Ndigbo Na Cotonou Knigdom.

    From ikemba_ndigbo, on Tue 17 Feb 3:09PM

  4. pls come now, come quick Jose Mourinho.....cant wait­ to­ see u in Blues again, please i cant wait to see you­ again
    Mourinho i need u in Blues again my chairman.­ Coach of all Coaches I greet.

    From national president u, on Mon 16 Feb 1:37PM

  5. You need your russian billionaire to start chipping in­ again. The team is looking dull Terry has been awefull­ this year and scolari said it, you need someone with an­ ability to change a game. A robben or a kaka. Or just­ maybe a robinho?
    Jose will be back soon, he better be i­ put 20 quid on it!
    If man u beat them in CL he will­ leave for chelsea next yr. He will want a monster­ transfer fund though and would Roman give it??
    He didnt­ help scolari that much, but had he already decided he­ was going for a big spend this summer without­ scolari?
    Terry has had his day by the looks of it, so­ has drogba. Deco started well but cant stay fit same­ for joe cole so
    2 center halves - 50m
    Robiniho -­ 40m
    Winger??????- 20-30m
    So 110-120 ish to sort out the­ mess and thats what Jose would want
    Roman wont do it­ anymore. could bring in with sales
    Terry - 25m
    Drogba -­ 15-20
    Then some of the fringe / kids maybe another­ 10-15
    total - 50-60m
    Still need another 60m roman might­ do that?

    From david w, on Mon 16 Feb 1:24AM

  6. i would absolutley love to see jose return to chelsea­ this si what all the fans want and this is what all the­ big teams dont want "BRING BACK THE SPECIAL­ ONE" we need him now more than ever.

    From christian, on Sun 15 Feb 9:21PM

  7. i think mourinho is the special one in chelsea.He needs­ to come back and start from where he stopped.come on­ board again.

    From kehinde b, on Sun 15 Feb 6:25PM

  8. Love him or hate him, he still remain the best coach in­ the world...Go Mourinho Gooooooooooooooooooooo Jose!­ not for chelsea, but love ur winning way personally!

    From t_cannary, on Sun 15 Feb 5:46PM

  9. to penyus_00... you said that coz you scared... scared­ of the "special one" ability to turn the game­ around... lol

    From hanapi a, on Sun 15 Feb 5:29PM

  10. hey tinybudd!, CHELSEA = LOSERS, CRYBABY and still­ hoping for morinho to come back to the club. Its not­ the manager's fault, its the players fault,­ especially John terry the crybaby. hahaha, what a joke­ u chelsea supporters. stop making us winners laugh our­ guts out. U Can't win anything, even with mourinho­ on your back, face it. Mourinho didn't left bcuz he­ wanted to, he left because he knows that he's goin­ to be sacked when man utd won the premier league. haha.­ CHELSEA The CHESTNUTS. Glory2 MAN UTD!

    From penyus_00, on Sun 15 Feb 4:30PM

  11. Lets face it - Love him or Loathe him he does at least­ give us all a laugh and you cant say that of SAF, Arsen­ Whinger, Rafa Misery. I hate Chelski but would love­ to see JM back at Stamford Bridge.

    From JULIA, on Sun 15 Feb 3:57PM

  12. LETS HOPE HE DOES COME BACK HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO­ DEFLATE THE EGOS OF MR WENGER AND FERGISON WHO THOUGHT­ THERE DOMINATION OF DOMESTIC TROPHIES WAS GOING TO LAST­ A LIFE TIME IT TOOK BACK TO BACK TITLES FOR THEM TO­ TAKE CHELSEA AND MOURINIO SERIOUSLY THATS WHY SO MAY­ MAN U AND ARSENAL FANS CLAIM THAT THE ONLY REASON WAS­ THEY WERE IN THE PROSES OF REBUILDING THERE TEAMS ­ BECAUSE THEY WERE PIG SICK THAT THERE WERE SOME NEW­ KIDS ON THE BLOCK, LETS GET THE MAN BACK WHO INSTILLS­ DISCIPLINE AND HAS THE PLAYERS RESPECT.

    From tinybudd, on Sun 15 Feb 3:57PM

  13. It is not going to be a surprise, because this guys­ love money.... there are so many football prostitutes­ nowadays. people jumping from thier clubs, only to jump­ back weeks after proclaiming they love the club with­ their lives

    From ralph_obasi, on Sun 15 Feb 2:37PM

  14. gaz w are you a comedian you muppet, no one fears­ liverpool anymore and why should we youve never won the­ premier league and you wont this year­ either.steve_holistic well said mate i remember when we­ qualified for the champions league only for the scouse­ scum to get all of us banned.

    From afcwasps, on Sun 15 Feb 2:22PM

  15. Morinho looks like he is going to be set up for­ Manchester United Management position. Not Now!! Not so­ fast! I am talking about two to four years from now.­ He'll be bored coaching in Italy and Sir Fergusson­ is going to be out for final retirement. At this­ moment, No one looks good enough to match Fergusson­ skills and qualities besides Morinho and Mr Capello.­ Well, I d believe that Morinho is so committed to­ managing Clubs and at the same time Capello is showing­ a lot of confort in coachin a national team which he is­ going to be in my opinion the best ever for that­ job.
    Morinho 's future is Manchester United

    From Joe Y, on Sun 15 Feb 2:22PM

  16. He will be a fool to go back to Chelsea seeing their­ owner's plight in the current financial­ climate.Without the financial muscle,he can win nothing­ at Chelsea with that aging squad.He will finish his­ contract at Inter and might tempted to join City seeing­ the arab oil money,if they qualify for a champions­ league place after 2 or 3 years.But not to chelsea.

    From WastedSoul, on Sun 15 Feb 2:18PM

  17. rafa benitez rafa benitez please be our new manager you­ are number 1

    From rain dance, on Sun 15 Feb 2:15PM

  18. any ladies wanna earn a fiver im ur man

    From davedaly, on Sun 15 Feb 2:12PM

  19. cant chelsea play and win trophies by themselves? can­ they only do it with mourinho - does he hypnotise you­ sad lot

    From Bill, on Sun 15 Feb 2:11PM

  20. Olubunmi I, on Sun 15 Feb 2:05PM you r so lame i bet u­ are 35 still live with ur mother and she still bathes­ you and chelsea and jose are and always will be the­ only team to buy the league

    From davedaly, on Sun 15 Feb 2:10PM
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