Stepping stones

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vDjZH9XKchk/VU8XWnM1uKI/AAAAAAAABWc/bj3DXeRElis/s1600/Jose_Mourinho_3201262b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vDjZH9XKchk/VU8XWnM1uKI/AAAAAAAABWc/bj3DXeRElis/s640/Jose_Mourinho_3201262b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <div class="parsys main"> <div class="text parbase section"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="summary-text">Jose Mourinho believes his team have made a huge leap forward this season.</span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> With three league games remaining, the first of which is against Liverpool this afternoon, the Blues have already secured the Barclays Premier League title in the manager’s second season since returning to the Stamford Bridge helm.<br /> <br /> Last term we finished in third place with 82 points. It is a figure we have already usurped with nine still to play for and <a href="http://thechelseaofficial.blogspot.com/search/label/Mourinho" target="_blank"> Mourinho</a> considered that fact and also revealed his thoughts for his and the club’s future. <br /> <br /> ‘We have improved,’ the boss said. ‘We have gone from third to first – two very important steps, and probably the most difficult steps. The most difficult step is the one that makes you champions, and we have made that step.<br /> <br /> ‘I want to develop this team. I didn’t stay at Inter or Real Madrid because I didn’t want to stay. I want to stay here,’ stressed <a href="http://thechelseaofficial.blogspot.com/2015/04/jose-mourinho.html" target="_blank"> Mourinho</a>. ‘That is why I am in Mr Abramovich’s hands.<br /> <br /> ‘He has no pressure. He doesn’t need to give me a contract tomorrow, he doesn’t need to give me more money, and he doesn’t need to be worried a club are knocking on my door.<br /> ‘While he wants me, I am staying, and when he doesn’t want me, I am going. It’s so simple for him, and also so simple for me.’<br /> <br /> Even though we have already wrapped up this season’s league title, the third of <a href="http://thechelseaofficial.blogspot.com/search/label/Mourinho" target="_blank"> Mourinho</a>’s Chelsea career, our manager knows every game matters. He has evidence to prove it and it is why he is so keen to continue our terrific form and end the season on a high.<br /> <br /> ‘The only thing Crystal Palace [last Sunday] didn’t do was send the goalkeeper forward for the last corner. They were playing a final, like it has to be.<br /> <br /> ‘Watford lost the title against a team that didn’t need anything [Sheffield Wednesday]. They went to Watford and in the last minute they scored a goal and celebrated like they had won the title. This is football.’<br /> </div> </div> <br />

Stepping stones

Jose Mourinho believes his team have made a huge leap forward this season. With three league games remaining, the first of whic...

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Jose Mourinho rules out Ferguson and Wenger

<br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E8ImMsuT9gU/VU8UBf-wboI/AAAAAAAABWQ/UGPKDjOxgDo/s1600/a.espncdn.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E8ImMsuT9gU/VU8UBf-wboI/AAAAAAAABWQ/UGPKDjOxgDo/s640/a.espncdn.com.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho expresses his desire to stay with The Blues and says that he will be at Chelsea as long as Roman Abramovich wants him there. </b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <div class="video-placeholder videoplayer loaded" data-start-on-click="1" data-video-id="2439804" data-video-index="0"> <br /><figcaption> </figcaption> </div> Jose Mourinho has suggested it will be impossible for him to stay as Chelsea boss for the rest of his career, as he believes the days of managers spending decades at one club are gone.<br /> <br /> Mourinho is reported to be close to signing a new contract with the club he has guided to this season's Premier League title, but he suspects he will not have the kind of extended spells at the helm that Sir Alex Ferguson had at Manchester United (26 years) and Arsene Wenger (18) is currently enjoying at Arsenal.<br /> <br /> "It is impossible in football, impossible in modern football," Mourinho told reporters when he was asked whether he could see himself staying at Chelsea for a decade and more. "I think it's very, very difficult for that to happen.<br /> <br /> "I want to stay here, that is why I say I'm in Mr. Abramovich's [Chelsea owner] hands. He has no pressure. He doesn't need to give me a contract tomorrow, he doesn't need to give me more money.<br /> <br /> "He doesn't need to be worried that some club is knocking on my door, he doesn't have to be worried about anything. It's just him. When he wants me, I am staying. When he doesn't want me, I am going. So simple for him, so simple for me.<br /> <br /> "I didn't say this when I was at Inter because I didn't want. I didn't stay at Real Madrid because I didn't want. Now I want to stay. This is clear."<br /> <figure> <img height="224" src="http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i/?img=/photo/2015/0315/fc_cfcsfc8_dj_1296x729.jpg&w=738&site=espnfc" width="400" /> <figcaption> Jose Mourinho is in the second season of his second spell as Chelsea manager. </figcaption> </figure> Mourinho's side are set to take on Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday, with the Chelsea boss insisting he has no additional motivation in games against the Reds, despite many years of often heated battles with the Anfield club.<br /> <br /> The Portuguese tactician still laments what he describes as "the ghost goal" that allowed Liverpool to claim a controversial Champions League semi-final win against his Chelsea team back in 2005, when Luis Garcia's effort was allowed by the match officials despite suggestions the ball has not crossed the line.<br /> <br /> The animosity between Chelsea and former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez, who later managed at Stamford Bridge, was sparked by his numerous verbal tussles with Mourinho, with the Blues boss acting as party-pooper-in-chief as his side effectively ended Liverpool's dreams of a Premier League title win with a victory at Anfield last April.<br /> <br /> Mourinho has dismissed the theory that he gets an extra ounce of satisfaction from beating Liverpool ahead of his latest meeting with the Merseyside giants on Sunday.<br /> <br /> "No, not personal. Not at all," Mourinho stated before he reflected on his side's success in halting Liverpool's push towards the Premier League title last season.<br /> <br /> "I think people wanted them to win the title because they haven't for a long, long time," he continued. "A giant club like Liverpool has a lot of supporters. It is not a club where the support just comes from Liverpool area.<br /> <br /> "It is a national club, a worldwide club so it is normal people want them to win titles. It is normal."<br /> Meanwhile, Mourinho chuckled when he reflected on the plane that flew over Anfield last weekend carrying a banner calling for Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers to be sacked, as he joked he would take down any plane carrying a banner calling for his removal from Chelsea.<br /> <br /> "Some guy is spending money on the plane," he added with a chuckle. "If one plane comes to Stamford Bridges comes saying 'Jose Out', I send a drone!"

Jose Mourinho rules out Ferguson and Wenger

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We still need a 'couple of players' in transfer window

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ENDjRw9ITY/VUXVf_BbF5I/AAAAAAAABU8/I8JF0XUzhPk/s1600/Jose-Mourinho-Wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ENDjRw9ITY/VUXVf_BbF5I/AAAAAAAABU8/I8JF0XUzhPk/s1600/Jose-Mourinho-Wallpaper.jpg" width="520" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is already planning to strengthen his all-conquering squad of Premier League champions and he has targeted 'a couple' marquee signings to turn his champions into a dream team.<br /> <br /> <br /> The runaway league leaders will be confirmed as champions if they beat Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, yet serial winner Mourinho is already eyeing up improvements to his team for next season.<br /> <br /> Mourinho has only used 22 players in a wonderfully consistent Premier League campaign that is certain to end in glory and he is keen to keep his squad number tight while continuing to add to their quality.<br /> <br /> "We need a couple of players to give more strength and depth to the squad," believes the Chelsea boss. "We want to keep the same number of players and have a more uniform group in terms of not quality but experience, to give us that little bit of extra in case we progress in the Champions League."<br /> Mourinho went on to hint he may look to bolster his forward line, in a season that has seen lead striker Diego Costa struggle with injuries and back-ups Loic Remy and Didier Drogba also spending time in the treatment room.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rh254oD4i4k/VUXVAjpuscI/AAAAAAAABU0/tX5L_ZAdmNQ/s1600/Chelsea-costa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="442" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rh254oD4i4k/VUXVAjpuscI/AAAAAAAABU0/tX5L_ZAdmNQ/s1600/Chelsea-costa.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diego Costa's injury troubles have left Chelsea short-handed up front at times this season. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> Chelsea's exit from the Champions League at the last-16 stage ensured they could get through the season without a major injury crisis, but Mourinho wants to ensure he does not leave himself short next year.<br /> <br /> "The group of the strikers did very well for us, but I just imagine that it is something we can do in a different way," he added.<br /> <br /> "I just imagine this last period of the season only with one striker. Imagine in this moment if we have only had Didier to play Champions League, Premier League, Champions League, Premier League. It would be a difficult situation.<br /> <br /> "We were unlucky to have two strikers injured at the same time. When you have three, one can be injured or suspended, but when you have two out it can be difficult."<br /> <br /> Mourinho has confirmed that Costa may not play again this season as he continues to nurse a hamstring injury, with Drogba's future at the club set to be resolved this summer when the veteran striker discusses his future with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.

We still need a 'couple of players' in transfer window

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