Jose Mourinho is confident of staying on as Chelsea manager beyond the season even if the blues finish in mid-table.
Chelsea lie 16th on the log after eight games and have it all to do against Aston Villa today. Another defeat, pundits have said, and Mourinho could be pointed towards the Cobham exit doors.
Parallels have been drawn between this season and the 2006-2007 campaign when Chelsea billionaire owner Roman Abramovich pulled the trigger on the Special One in September. But the Portuguese says it’s a different Roman these days.
“It’s different for many reasons. I don’t think it’s different just now, but since the moment I came back in 2013. When I had my first conversation with the owner and board in 2013.
“I met the owner before dinner so, when I left [after the Southampton defeat two weeks ago], I knew [there was no threat of the sack],” Mourinho said.
“But, even before that, I knew what brought me here. I know the conversation we had two years ago. I know what made me sign a new contract, and the reasons the owner and board decided to give me a new contract over the summer. They didn’t have to. I still had two years to run on the previous deal, so they didn’t have to give me a new contract. So what I know is what I know from them.
“Obviously, after a bad result – and that was not the first bad result of the season – I was far from happy. Far from it. But I never felt [concerned] about my future.”
“For me the important thing is the owner and the board’s message to myself and, before the statement came out, I’d had the feedback from the owner and the board. So the statement [that Chelsea released in support of Mourinho] was not something new for me. That support I’d got before.
“Why did the statement come out? Maybe to stop the rumour that I could be on my way. The support to myself was not made by the statement, but by a normal conversation that we’ve had many times. This time it was to support and to make me completely aware of the club’s intentions.”
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