29 Jun 2015 21:53:45
on a more serious note, does anyone else think it was strange that petr cech made no mention whatsoever of mourinho in his open letter, my guess is, and its only a guess, mourinho tried to scupper the arsenal deal
29 Jun 2015 22:10:46
When it comes to winning football matches and trophy's mourinho has no friends or lengths he won't go to, personally I don't like him this time round but you can't argue with his record.
In his first stint at Chelsea I loved the bloke to bits he was funny entertaining and very very successful and great for the game it's self, sadly now he's just successful.
29 Jun 2015 22:26:52
This is supposed to be a Chelsea site ED's. what are all these gooners doing on here? Sort it out or I'm off.
{Ed018's Note - what did they do to you. You can post on any page you want unless it's abusive.}
29 Jun 2015 22:35:48
I don't think that he tried to scupper it, but he probably didn't like it. I'm guessing Mourinho wanted to see him sold abroad and perhaps (probably?) Cech was aware of that.
30 Jun 2015 00:36:53
He said the managers. Lord knows if he listed all the managers by name he'd have to add a second page to his letter. Once again it's the media doing anything they can to find a story.
30 Jun 2015 07:58:10
Keep posting gunner, your opinions are welcome!
I really didn't notice him not mentioning Mourinho! I think he would have to hold a grudge, I mean Mourinho did drop him for courtois, whether it was the right decision or not, he'd still be upset.
30 Jun 2015 08:03:09
Jkb, chill man. Like Ed said, they didn't post anything abusive. Just posted something that was related to Chelsea as well. No need to be so hostile.
30 Jun 2015 09:14:24
Thanks for the support lads I've no intention of provoking anyone or deliberately upsetting anyone either, just to swap good honest football opinions and views with maybe the very occasional tongue very firmly in cheek very very light hearted banter.
Let's face it Sids joke below is funny :-) and anyone who isn't able to laugh at that needs to get over themselves and lighten up a bit.
30 Jun 2015 09:58:44
Why wouldn't he try to scupper the deal he's one of he best keepers in the world of course he would want to keep him or atleast get a decent player back in return for areas we need cover = the Ox, I think he was just testing the water to see how much arsenal wanted cech! Well done lads you got your man in the end. no need to harp on about it now
30 Jun 2015 11:13:01
I doubt he has that much of a grudge towards mourinho. After all he did bring him to the club and help him become the best keeper in the world and the first name on the team sheet at one of the best clubs in the world for a decade
{Ed001's Note - Ranieri was the one who signed him, though the deal was only completed after Jose joined the club.}
30 Jun 2015 11:31:57
I'm probably looking a little too much into this, but is anyone else worried that Jose is really not happy about the Cech deal? I'm worried it could be the start of another fallout between Jose and Roman and I really don't want that to happen. For all that Roman has done for the club I don't want to criticise him but he cannot go against Mourinho's decisions, Jose is an absolute necessity for our club. I don't want another 10 managers in the next 10 years, some stability would be nice especially with a legend like Jose. Good luck Petr though, but disappointed with you but wish you the best. You'll always be in our hearts
30 Jun 2015 11:37:12
Ah right I knew his first season was 04/05 so assumed Jose signed him
{Ed001's Note - deal was set up and done by Ranieri but he was removed before it was completed. I am sure Jose would have signed off on it though, he would have no doubt had the choice to cancel the deal before completion.}
30 Jun 2015 11:42:49
It might cause a little bit of tension but surely nothing serious. After all, he was a club legend but he was always going to be a backup after courtois returned. I doubt Jose would have been happy with that fact he left for arsenal whereas abramovich seemed fine with that. Joses competitiveness is likely to have caused him to disagree with the move to arsenal but I'm sure no long term relationships will be damaged