Chelsea glory all down to me - Mourinho
tribalfooball.com - April 07, 2007
Jose Mourinho has declared Chelsea's modern day success is all down to him!
Speaking about the team he inherited in 2004, Mourinho says players like Frank Lampard and John Terry only became world-class through his guidance.
The Blues boss said: "Who were Lampard, Terry, Drogba two years ago? They were certainly not world stars.
"And in this moment who are they? They are like Shevchenko or Ballack.
"Up until now my stars were stars that grew with me. We grew at the same time.
"When I coached Porto nobody was a star and everybody ended up rising to the national level.
"At Chelsea the players that were there already were not world-class stars and we also ended up growing in that direction. We won together. There was a big growth."
Red Rom's millions have enabled Mourinho to have an unrivalled pick in the transfer market.
But the Portuguese chief insists the likes of £30.8million summer signing Andriy Shevchenko and German midfield star Michael Ballack would not have moved to Stamford Bridge unless he had already created a special team.
Mourinho's ego climbs to new heights as his secret thoughts are unveiled in a thesis written by biographer Luis Lourenco in Portugal.
He added: "People say I modified my transfer strategy because I bought Shevchenko and Ballack.
"I did not modify my transfer strategy. I bought stars for the environment of stars.
"I would never have bought Shevchenko and Ballack for a team without stars, for a team that had won nothing, for a team of players without titles, for a team that would be built around those two figures and 20 Joe Nobodies.
"In this moment they are stars but I also have Frank Lampard, who won the silver ball, was the second-best player in the world last season.
"And I have Terry, who was the best player in England.
"I have starters from different national teams and, finally, we were twice champions.
"I did not change my strategy. I think that my group, my players, are on a level and of a stature such that the others have to come to their reality."
tribalfooball.com - April 07, 2007
Jose Mourinho has declared Chelsea's modern day success is all down to him!
Speaking about the team he inherited in 2004, Mourinho says players like Frank Lampard and John Terry only became world-class through his guidance.
The Blues boss said: "Who were Lampard, Terry, Drogba two years ago? They were certainly not world stars.
"And in this moment who are they? They are like Shevchenko or Ballack.
"Up until now my stars were stars that grew with me. We grew at the same time.
"When I coached Porto nobody was a star and everybody ended up rising to the national level.
"At Chelsea the players that were there already were not world-class stars and we also ended up growing in that direction. We won together. There was a big growth."
Red Rom's millions have enabled Mourinho to have an unrivalled pick in the transfer market.
But the Portuguese chief insists the likes of £30.8million summer signing Andriy Shevchenko and German midfield star Michael Ballack would not have moved to Stamford Bridge unless he had already created a special team.
Mourinho's ego climbs to new heights as his secret thoughts are unveiled in a thesis written by biographer Luis Lourenco in Portugal.
He added: "People say I modified my transfer strategy because I bought Shevchenko and Ballack.
"I did not modify my transfer strategy. I bought stars for the environment of stars.
"I would never have bought Shevchenko and Ballack for a team without stars, for a team that had won nothing, for a team of players without titles, for a team that would be built around those two figures and 20 Joe Nobodies.
"In this moment they are stars but I also have Frank Lampard, who won the silver ball, was the second-best player in the world last season.
"And I have Terry, who was the best player in England.
"I have starters from different national teams and, finally, we were twice champions.
"I did not change my strategy. I think that my group, my players, are on a level and of a stature such that the others have to come to their reality."
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