Mourinho is in playful mood as he looks ahead to the new season. He reveals his secret fine-paying policy with a devilish grin. He shares his excitement for his new team, declaring them now ready to win the Barclays Premier League thanks to the arrival of Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Filipe Luis. He says ‘the Happy One’ is also ‘the Motivated One’. And he states his intention to continue raging ‘against the machine’ whenever he feels it necessary. Injustice is something he simply cannot ignore, he insists, and he makes no apology for what he regards as fighting for his rights and the rights of his players; even the rights of ‘English football’, such is the responsibility he seems determined to shoulder. A year ago, on his return to Chelsea, Mourinho talked of a team in transition. Now, as he sits in this beautiful part of Austria he has chosen for pre-season training, he considers himself to be in charge of a team that is just the way he wants it; complete with the striker he often complained of missing last season. Costa is the class attacker he was craving, and a player Mourinho admires not just for his obvious skill and athleticism. He likes him for the way he has had to battle his way to the top, and he likes him because a combination of these qualities might just make him the true heir to Didier Drogba. ‘When you look at the profile of the player, it’s not just about the physical profile or the tactical profile,’ says Mourinho. ‘It’s also the psychological profile. I have known Diego since he was 17 and he went to Portugal. Life was not easy for him. ‘He has always to fight a lot to do things. In Portugal, he was a Braga player but it was a good team. He had to go on loan to a championship team to be back to Braga. ‘Then Atletico Madrid bought him but, after that, he went to Celta Vigo because Atletico had (Sergio) Aguero. ‘Then he had to go to Rayo Vallecano because Atletico had (Radamel) Falcao. He came back to Atletico when Falcao went.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 05:01:59 +0000
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