Mourinho warns Blues duo
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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has told Andrei Shevchenko and Michael Ballack to make sure they put the team's interests first.
The future of both players is still uncertain with neither particularly shining in the Premier League so far.
And Mourinho has warned the pair to start performing or risk being left out of the squad.
"Shevchenko and Ballack have to give more because their status is not superior to that of the others," Mourinho told The Sun.
"Each is a champion," he added. "They have quality, status and fame. They're rich and have already won a lot of trophies. All that is an undeniable fact.
"But it's one thing their being the centre surrounded by 20 nobodies, and it's something else these two players arriving at a club where the others are already champions, famous and rich."
Equal
Mourinho insists everyone at the club is equal in their abilities and their quality and that no player should receive star treatment.
"We were prepared to receive players such as Shevchenko or Ballack because they are of the same dimension as those already playing at Chelsea," said Mourinho.
"Lampard, Terry, Drogba are equal to these two," he added.
"But you can't build anything if you have to have someone special at its centre. When you have a group, everyone has to be equal to achieve the end we all want." -
Originally posted by turbo_drift:
I tot he got his untouchables?
[b]Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has told Andrei Shevchenko and Michael Ballack to make sure they put the team's interests first.
The future of both players is still uncertain with neither particularly shining in the Premier League so far.
And Mourinho has warned the pair to start performing or risk being left out of the squad.
"Shevchenko and Ballack have to give more because their status is not superior to that of the others," Mourinho told The Sun.
"Each is a champion," he added. "They have quality, status and fame. They're rich and have already won a lot of trophies. All that is an undeniable fact.
"But it's one thing their being the centre surrounded by 20 nobodies, and it's something else these two players arriving at a club where the others are already champions, famous and rich."
Equal
Mourinho insists everyone at the club is equal in their abilities and their quality and that no player should receive star treatment.
"We were prepared to receive players such as Shevchenko or Ballack because they are of the same dimension as those already playing at Chelsea," said Mourinho.
"Lampard, Terry, Drogba are equal to these two," he added.
"But you can't build anything if you have to have someone special at its centre. When you have a group, everyone has to be equal to achieve the end we all want."[/b]
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sheva wasn't one of em i think, and ballack was dropped from it.Originally posted by lpx88:I tot he got his untouchables? -
i know but he's still contradicting himself wadOriginally posted by stellazio:sheva wasn't one of em i think, and ballack was dropped from it.
"Mourinho insists everyone at the club is equal in their abilities and their quality and that no player should receive star treatment. " -
Mourinho declared that there will not be any untouchables this seasonOriginally posted by lpx88:I tot he got his untouchables? -
Ah ic...dats betterOriginally posted by glacer:Mourinho declared that there will not be any untouchables this season