Jose Mourinho final interview before being sacked as Chelsea manager - 'sometimes I'm too emotional'

Mourinho will appear on BT Sport tonight

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will appear in a pre-recorded interivew on BT Sport tonight, his final one as a Chelsea manager.

The Blues made the shock decision to sack the highly successful Portuguese with the club just a point above the relegation zone - Mourinho led Chelsea to the Premier League title last season.

In a pre-recorded segment for The Clare Balding Show recorded this week and which airs tonight at 8pm on BT Sport 1, Mourinho, obviously unaware he will no longer be Chelsea boss by the weekend, says that he is "sometimes too emotional" and that he needs to work better with the players.

"I give everything I have, sometimes maybe too much, sometimes maybe too emotional," he says. "But I do that with every club, so for me I did that with everyone but the only one where I wear the shirt twice was Chelsea because I was in the club where I was. I left and I came back so I would say Chelsea, but I have also to confess that Inter was really special and Porto was my beginning. I can’t forget that and a giant like Real Madrid is also an honour to manage."

Mourinho also attempted to appeal to his players, who have to take some blame for their awful performances this season.

"I think they need to like to work with me, I think they need to understand that I am the best manager they can work with, I think that is very, very important," he said about the Chelsea squad.

"Like me, don’t like me, the person, the man, big friends, that’s a supplement, but I think it’s fundamental that the manager is somebody the players can look at and know that he’s good.

"I always establish the impossible target and I tell them this is the impossible target but the target is to win every match. They know that is impossible and this season is proving that is really impossible.

"But I think it’s the target, you have to go to every match, it doesn’t matter which competition it is and you want to win and you feel that you can win, I think that’s the important thing."

Guus Hiddink is expected to be named as interim coach until the end of the season.

Jose Mourinho was speaking ahead of his appearance on the new series of The Clare Balding Show. To see the full interview watch BT Sport 1 from 8pm tonight or on BBC Two at 10pm tomorrow

Register for free to continue reading

Registration is a free and easy way to support our truly independent journalism

By registering, you will also enjoy limited access to Premium articles, exclusive newsletters, commenting, and virtual events with our leading journalists

Please enter a valid email
Please enter a valid email
Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number
Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number
Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number
Please enter your first name
Special characters aren’t allowed
Please enter a name between 1 and 40 characters
Please enter your last name
Special characters aren’t allowed
Please enter a name between 1 and 40 characters
You must be over 18 years old to register
You must be over 18 years old to register
Opt-out-policy
You can opt-out at any time by signing in to your account to manage your preferences. Each email has a link to unsubscribe.

By clicking ‘Create my account’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy policy and Terms of service apply.

Already have an account? sign in

By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy policy and Terms of service apply.

Register for free to continue reading

Registration is a free and easy way to support our truly independent journalism

By registering, you will also enjoy limited access to Premium articles, exclusive newsletters, commenting, and virtual events with our leading journalists

Already have an account? sign in

By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy policy and Terms of service apply.

Join our new commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in