Mourinho dared Abramovich to sack him
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Jose Mourinho left Chelsea after a chance meeting with Roman Abramovich in which he dared the club's owner to sack him.
Although his departure had been brewing for almost a year, with Mourinho threatening to quit and Abramovich considering when to sack him, events unravelled in a matters of hours last week. It shows just how low – and how petty – relations between the two men had become.
According to sources, Abramovich and Mourinho are believed to have simply passed each other in a corridor at Stamford Bridge after the disappointing 1-1 Champions League draw with Rosenborg. Words were then exchanged in English. Abramovich is understood to have told Mourinho that he was disappointed with the performance and hoped the team "could do better" .
The Portuguese bridled at the comment and challenged Abramovich to get rid of him if he was displeased with what he was doing. "If you are not happy with me, then just sack me," Mourinho is believed to have said. He was told that if he wanted to go he could go – with the manager then agreeing.
The sudden sequence confirms that Mourinho did indeed leave by some form of " mutual consent", even if sources close to Abramovich also claim that the Russian had decided to dispose of the manager after the equally disappointing league draw at home to Blackburn Rovers the previous Saturday. -
hmm.. thats some news
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its terrible what he said about jose.
chelsea fans are right. its a football club, not his toy. -
sweet revenge
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maybe roman sacked him to show who's the boss. but jose will be the one laughing to the bank
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so mourinho dare the big boss to sack him .. ???
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with Mourinho character most likely he did
Criticise Mourinho style of play in front of all the players - Sarcastically shake
mourinho hand and said "Great Football" or something like that
and i beileve he it critical of Jose style of play on several occasion already and it is getting on Jose Nerve after tolerating for the comments Of Roman for so long
but anyway mourinho already got around 9 job offers according to the newspaper -
No point discussing when Mourinho is already gone.
Lets see how Avram Grant leads Chelsea.
Cheers.
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to be fair, if there is no abramovich, there wont be mourinho.
out of curiousity, chelsea fans: which would you rather have? RA or mourinho to stay? -
Who, not which. You don't refer to humans as 'which'. :pOriginally posted by www:to be fair, if there is no abramovich, there wont be mourinho.
out of curiousity, chelsea fans: which would you rather have? RA or mourinho to stay?
But I agree with your statement that no Abramovich, no Mourinho. It's also likely that there will be no trophies and medals for Chelsea too. It just so happens that Abramovich makes a terrible owner. -
well avramovich now is still not as bad as heart's owner....but tough to say in the future.....
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looks like hes leading them to the mid-table.. wonder what Roman have to say about that..Originally posted by CKeer:No point discussing when Mourinho is already gone.
Lets see how Avram Grant leads Chelsea.
Cheers.
CK