A new book published in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 titled: Mourinho: Secrets of his Success, reveals the dressing room environment when the Portuguese tactician left the club.
Mourinho, now the manager of Real Madrid, had an excellent spell with the North London giants and won six trophies. His departure was equally sad for both the players and the fans, who had come to adore the quick witted manager.
“It is always complicated when a manager leaves a club, but this case was much more so. Jose came into the dressing room, gathered us all together and told us he was leaving. Didier was one of the worst affected. He wept like a child,”
defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-Ferreira-c29445 recalls.
Drogba himself has admitted of the grief – though, he has fallen short of admitting the crying bit.
“There was lots of emotion. It seemed unreal, as though it was a movie. We used to see him every day, and we were unprepared for him leaving. It was a real shock.” He said.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895, being the club captain, was arguably in the biggest dilemma and has some revelations to make:
“We spoke with the club, and told them clearly that we did not want Jose to go,” he said. “But he already had an agreement in place with the club.”
Joining in the Mourinho talk is fan-favourite http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097, who has revealed that Mourinho was unlike any manager he had previously worked with.
“I don’t normally get emotionally involved in these matters. I know managers come and go – that is football. But in this case it was more than a manager who was going – it was a friend who was leaving us behind.”
Mourinho has long been gone from the club but his former charges only have positive things to say about him. The blues fans would now be hoping that the players form a similar rapport with the Special One’s very own protégée, Andre Villas-Boas.
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