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Role exchange with Roman Abramovich

Jose Mourinho with Roman Abramovich and then chief executive Peter Kenyon

During his first spell at Chelsea, a journalist once queried Mourinho as to whether Abramovich had a say in the team selection at Chelsea. Mourinho came up with an absolute genius of an answer in his usual tongue-in-cheek style. This was his reply:

“If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!”

This quote was remarkably subtle by Mourinho’s standards. But the inner meaning reflected strongly. In other words, Mourinho was attempting to indirectly indicate the repercussions if Abramovich were to interfere with Mourinho’s working style. Way to go, Jose!