Mourinho Quits Chelsea! (7 Viewers)

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    Mourinho loses job - reports
    Eurosport | Wed, Sep 19, 23:00

    Sources at Stamford Bridge claim Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has lost his job. It is not yet clear whether the Portuguese tactician was sacked or whether he left of his own accord.
     
    Zé Tahir

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    Manager Mourinho leaves Chelsea

    Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has sensationally left Stamford Bridge, according to BBC Radio 5live football correspondent Jonathan Legard.

    There has been no official confirmation so far from the Premiership club.

    More to follow.

    Story from BBC SPORT:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7003912.stm

    Published: 2007/09/19 23:26:56 GMT
     
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    JCK said:
    SMS is cheaper.

    Capello or Lippi to replace him? I am almost sure it is one of these two and most probably Lippi. Abramovic will make him an offer no one can refuse.

    What will happen to Ballack, Kalou and Drogba?
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    Juande Ramos will get it. ;)
     
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    Sky is now saying he was sacked because of the players he bought and sold in the summer.
     
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    mourinho might take the NT job, very likely after the fight between serbian player and scolari, so mourinho knew what he did when he decided to quit.

    And who knows, mourinho could do a hiddink and coach NT and a club as well.
     
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    Jose Mourinho leaves Chelsea after bust-up

    Matt Hughes

    José Mourinho dramatically left Chelsea with immediate effect yesterday after a final bust-up with Roman Abramovich. The manager is understood to have contacted five senior players in the afternoon to tell them that he was leaving, without offering any detailed explanation for his sudden departure.

    Mourinho is believed to have phoned Frank Lampard before sending text messages to several other players, telling them only that he had had enough and would not see them again. The exact circumstances behind his departure are already being disputed — the Portuguese will insist that he has been dismissed, but Chelsea are adamant that he has resigned.

    Whatever the truth, the news appears to have taken many of Chelsea’s senior executives by surprise. Peter Kenyon, the chief executive, Bruce Buck, the chairman, and Abramovich’s key aide, Eugene Tenenbaum, were called to an emergency meeting at Stamford Bridge last night to discuss the crisis.

    The majority of Chelsea’s staff and players had been enjoying a relaxing evening at a cinema at Fulham Broadway watching a screening of Blue Revolution, a new documentary about the Abramovich years, but were called away to deal with revolutionary events of their own. Abramovich, the billionaire owner, had cancelled a business trip earlier in the day to hold talks with Tenenbaum, although they were initially thought to be about the poor attendance for Tuesday’s Champions League draw with Rosenborg rather than the manager’s future.

    Mourinho’s departure is understood to have been a result of his growing belief that his relationship with Abramovich had been fractured beyond repair. He has barely been on speaking terms with the Russian since a huge row erupted in January over a lack of funds to sign players during the transfer window, Mourinho’s reluctance to play Andriy Shevchenko and the Russian’s desire to bring in Avram Grant to work with the misfiring striker. The former Israel coach was recruited in the summer as director of football as a fragile peace broke out, but it has proved to be brief.

    Mourinho and Abramovich are believed to have exchanged strong words after Saturday’s goalless draw against Blackburn Rovers. Abramovich spent considerable time and energy searching for a replacement as manager as their relationship soured towards the end of last season, making a firm offer to Jürgen Klinsmann, but after failing to find a successor, reluctantly decided to give Mourinho one more season.

    For his part, Mourinho — whose £5.2 million a year contract was due to expire in 2010 — has long since concluded that he was not being allowed to do his job. His authority was first undermined by Abramovich’s decision to recruit Frank Arnesen from Tottenham Hotspur as director of scouting and youth development in May 2005 and further eroded by the signing of Shevchenko and the arrival of Grant, who is well placed to take over as a caretaker manager in the short term.

    Mourinho’s departure brings to an end a stormy three-year reign during which he ended Chelsea’s 50-year wait for the league title, immediately following up with a second championship, but failed to realise Abramovich’s dream of conquering Europe. After resolving the terms of his payoff, Chelsea must turn their attention to finding a replacement, with Guus Hiddink and Klinsmann likely to be targeted for one of the most highly rewarded but pressurised jobs in world football.
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    Well it really is very interesting now..I think Man Utd will benefit from this sacking,well for the time being anyway..Scolari and Mourinho might make a switch,Mourinho for Portugal NT,Scolari in Chelsea..I dont know though,it will be very interesting...
     
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    If Mourinho goes to coach the Portugal NT (and it needs him now badly), I'll cream in my pants! :weee:

    Stephan said:
    mourinho might take the NT job, very likely after the fight between serbian player and scolari, so mourinho knew what he did when he decided to quit.

    And who knows, mourinho could do a hiddink and coach NT and a club as well.
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    I love what Scolari has done for the NT. But he's proven that his bread has gone stale. Same tactics, same players every match. And every competitor has figured it out. Scolari sticks with his boys and his gameplan even when it's not working and has been telegraphed for months. (He's turned into the Portuguese Capello.)

    Time for a change there...
     
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