| Chelsea says Jose Mourinho had to go |
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| Written by Zico Kelly | |||||||
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Friday, 21 September 2007
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 Premiership giants Chelsea have stated that the relationship between ex-boss Jose Mourinho and the club had broken down after the manager left the club by mutual consent. It sounds like a PR cover up of the highest order and the departure of this inspirational motivator has all but ended any hopes the club had of winning silverware this season. Online bookies Bodog have Chelsea at 5 to 2 odds to win the English Premiership 2007/2008.Director of football Avram Grant and assistant manager Steve Clarke are now running the show in terms of first-team affairs. Their first priority will be to prime the team to face mighty Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. Mourinho's relationship with Roman Abramovich and the Russian’s “yes men” had soured beyond the point of being salvaged, and the Blues powerbrokers the felt relationship had started to affect performances. A Chelsea statement today read: "Early on Thursday morning we announced Chelsea and Jose Mourinho had agreed to part company by mutual consent. The key phrase here is that there was mutual agreement. Jose did not resign and he was not sacked. What is clear, though, is we had all reached a point where the relationship between the club and Jose had broken down." It continued: "This was despite genuine attempts over several months by all parties to resolve certain differences. The reason the decision has been taken is that we believed the breakdown started to impact on the performance of the team and recent results supported this view. We did not want this to continue or affect the club further." Point-Spreads.com believes Jose may be a fantastic manager, but he who pays the piper plays the tune. Bodog has posted European Football betting odds to win the English Premiership 2007/2008: Manchester United: 7/4 Chelsea FC: 5/2 Liverpool FC: 5/2 Arsenal FC: 9/2 Any other Team: 50/1                        |
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