My worry is everyone loves their first car, in your mind it is perfect and is all you dreamed of. Eventually it breaks down or you decide to move on to a new car and if, like I once did, you get a chance to drive that special first car again all those memories are dashed and the realisation sets in that actually the car you once loved is nothing more than a rusting piece of junk. The same could be said about your first girlfriend but I’ll leave you to fill those gaps in.
Jose Mourinhos first reign at Chelsea was all that the fans dreamed of for the whole of their lives, finally we had a man who would deliver that illusive Premier League title, the supporters instantly fell in love with this charming, charismatic man who had brought them so much hope. There can be absolutely no denying the quality he has as a football manager but we must be realistic about this. He took over a club with a very good core of players and then set about spending hundreds of millions of pounds to take that team to a whole new level. It worked and he delivered 2 league titles, an FA and 2 league cups and went close to getting the Champions League. However is it that unrealistic for me to suggest that give any good manager that sort of money and they could deliver something similar.
Not only did he bring success in his period but there has been a clear legacy left from his time at the club. That legacy has, even with change after change, still delivered trophy after trophy over the past 6 seasons. He brought in a mentality to the whole club, a toughness and togetherness that new that winning was everything. There was no resting on what you have achieved but a focus on the next trophy they could win. This attitude can be attributed to one man ‘The Special One’. What we must also remember is when he was famously sacked the football that the team where playing was poor, there was no free flowing, attacking football that the owner insists upon. The team were no longer champions and he had just watched a home draw against Rosenberg in the Champions League group stages. It was not all going swimmingly, the in club arguments had begun to escalate, just like at Madrid currently, and the owner decided to dispose of the fans hero without giving him a chance to put things right it must be said.
What Chelsea will be getting is, without doubt, a world class successful manager. He has proved at Inter Millan and to a lesser extent Madrid that he can win things with different clubs. His attention to detail and strong bonds with players could turn a talented young Chelsea team into the next European force. He is a champion and this group of Chelsea players need that experience to go to the next level.
There has always been a question mark about Mourinho and that is, is he a manager for the long term or does he just bring success quickly then move on. In recent interviews he has suggested that at his age he is looking to find a club to settle down and build something 'similar to Ferguson' and where better to do it than at a club where he is already worshiped! If he is serious about building a club he must do something he is not renowned for and that is begin to introduce youthprospects into first team football. Again though Chelsea is a perfect place to do this with players such as Lukaku, Courtoisand Chalobah coming up he can begin to build a team that can dominate for a long time. Chelsea is a club that, after much turmoil, need some stability. The comings and goings haveseemingly not had an adverse effect on the results and their ability to challenge for major competitions, but imagine what they could have won with a stable management team who can implement their ideas throughout the whole club.
Perhaps Abramovich needs him more than Mourinho needs the club, with the fans uproar at the appointment of Benitez and the lack of alternatives of the same standard, this may in fact be the catalyst for change in the way the club is run. Mourinho may gain the control he craves and the owner may take a step back and allow the people who know about football to run the football side of the business. But many managers have so publicly come and gone from Chelsea in the years since Mourinho and the vast majority have managed to bring some sort of success to the club with Abramovichhaving his say. Even Benitez who has to work against all the anger surrounding his appointment managed to win a trophy.Mourinho has looked unstable at Madrid where he claims he in unloved. The fans at Chelsea will of course love him, but what if it starts to go wrong and how long before him andAbramovich begin to disagree? Im not sure he would even be in discussion if there was another viable option, but there’s not and Abramovich must concede and bring him back.
Don’t get me wrong I love the man, he is a hero and of course I want him back, I’m just simply worried that it might not work out and then where does the club go?
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