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Mourinho On Shevchenko; or, Why I Love Jose
I miss Jose Mourinho in the Premiership, think he’s a great coach, and still wonder why Chelsea would let him go without having somebody like a Luiz Felipe Scolari ready to replace him immediately. It’s all working out fine at Stamford Bridge (even if the firing may have cost them three trophies last season), but my English language league lots a lot of entertainment value when Mourinho went east. Nobody combines honesty, humor, and arrogance more brilliantly than The Special One.
Those qualities are in full view in Mourinho’s comments on Andriy Shevchenko. He called Shevchenko his worst buy, lower than his second choice for the position at the time he was acquired, implied he was spoiled at Milan before he came to Chelsea, and thinks Shevchenko could not adjust to an environment where he was treated as the other players.
And imagine all that coming out of Mourinho’s mouth. The guy’s great.
Whether it is advisable for him to be saying such things about a rival, dangerous player is beyond Mourinho. The guy is great for those who follow football, even if he might not always do what’s best when answering reporters’ questions. But since I’m not especially a fan of Porto, Chelsea, or Inter, I can enjoy the pure entertainment value of it all.
Serie A starts up this weekend.
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