Jose Mourinho vows never to leave his home 200 metres from Stamford Bridge and hopes Chelsea return to the top
JOSE MOURINHO has vowed to keep his home next door to Stamford Bridge and says his old club will return to the top.
LA Dodgers owner Todd Boehly has almost completed his takeover of Chelsea after months of turmoil following sanctions placed on the club.
Chelsea, who managed to win the Club World Cup in February after last season’s Champions League success, have failed to mount a title challenge this term.
And they face a huge summer of change with new owner Boehly set to provide Thomas Tuchel with a transfer warchest in order to revamp the squad.
Few managers know Chelsea better than the Special One, who has just led Roma to the Conference League Final, after his two spells in charge there.
He loved life in London so much that he has kept his family home just a stone’s throw from Chelsea’s stadium.
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And when quizzed by about his old team’s future after several traumatic months, he insisted that they will return to the top.
Mourinho said: “It's a difficult moment and you can even feel it at the football level because they have lost that level of excellence and stability. But this is at the moment, you know.
“If you ask me do I have someone I would like to take over my Chelsea? Then yes I have, but I close my mouth.
“I just know the club has reached such a level that it doesn't matter who it's with, Chelsea will always be Chelsea. Chelsea will always be.
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“And my house will always be 200 metres from the stadium and I want to keep listening to the sound of happiness and success and I'm pretty sure it's going to be like that.”
Mourinho, who guided Chelsea to three Premier League titles, was also asked about his former captain John Terry’s desire to become more involved with the running of the club.
He added: “John is Chelsea. Even if he is not working there, John is Chelsea.
“Chelsea was made by people like him.”