Mourinho calls Torres 'so-so'; reveals that he wanted Eto'o, not Shevchenko

Another bad remark for Torres

It is becoming quite clear that Chelsea striker Fernando Torres and manager Jose Mourinho won’t work together even for one season after Mourinho’s latest remarks on the player.

Mourinho has also told Daily Mirror that Roman Abramovich wouldn’t force Torres to stay with the Blues for one more season.

The Portuguese said:

“Torres so far is so-so. Somebody could expect more because of his potential, because of what he did before. But not so bad as people sometimes try to say.

“There is a balance. Normally, the tendency is to say it was a big mistake. It was a big mistake because it didn’t work.

“Shevchenko? It’s not true the owner forced him on me.”

Shevchenko was not forced on Mourinho by any owner

He also rubbished claims that Andriy Shevchenko was forced on him during his first spell at Stamford Bridge, and he revealed that Abramovich actually tried everything to bring Samuel Eto’o as the Portuguese wanted him to play alongside Didier Drogba.

“Never, never during my time did the owner interfere in the basic things of the manager – training sessions, team selection, the profile of player I want to bring. Do you want to know the truth about Shevchenko? I hope the board is not upset with me. We wanted to buy Samuel Eto’o, he was our target. We wanted Eto’o and the owner was more than ready to do ­everything to bring Eto’o here.

“He was the player I wanted. Why? Because Eto’o was the only player I could play with Didier Drogba, changing the system for two strikers.

“But he was also ready to play with Drogba with the system we had at the time, with three ­attacking players with Eto’o ­coming from the sides. I did the same with him at Inter Milan. We wanted Eto’o and the boss did everything to bring Eto’o and Peter Kenyon did everything.

“In the end, Barcelona said, ‘We don’t sell, forget it, forget it. Not any price’. The owner did everything to get him, but it was not possible.

“After that, we went to other options and got to Shevchenko. I was happy with him.

“Even with the top dogs – when you buy for £30m, £40m, £50m, or £60m – sometimes it doesn’t work. It doesn’t mean you or the club made a big mistake. It just doesn’t work.”

Souurce : Daily Mirror