Mourinho: 'Click Google instead of asking stupid questions'
Don't ask Jose Mourinho about third seasons. Check Google first.
The Chelsea manager dismissed doubts over his ability to deliver in the third season of his tenure as the Blues reel from one of their worst starts in the Premier League.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the Champions League group match against Maccabi Tel-Aviv on Wednesday, the 52-year-old Portuguese said questions about his track record are not worth asking.
"My third season in Porto? I didn’t have a third season. In Inter, I didn’t have a third season. My third season at Chelsea the first time, I won the FA Cup and the Carling Cup, and I played the Champions League semi-finals," Mourinho said.
"The third season in Real Madrid I won the Super Cup, lost the cup final, and I went to the Champions League semi-finals. These are my third seasons. So click Google instead of asking stupid questions.
"You spoke about the third season, and I’m telling you the question is stupid."
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It's true that Mourinho has not lasted more than three years at any one club, and he said that his second stint at Chelsea would allow him for the first time to attempt at a dynasty.
He signed a new four-year contract with the defending Premier League champion on the eve of the new campaign in August. In a statement to the club, Mourinho expressed that he wanted "continuity," and the extension gives him until 2019 to build on his success.
But Chelsea has stuttered in its first five Premier League matches, falling to 17th place in the table with a single win, a draw, and three losses. That's also 11 points behind league-rival Manchester City.
Mourinho just doesn't like all the criticism, which he believes the media heaps more on him than any other manager in England.
"Why are some managers not in difficult situations five, six, 10 years (without winning trophies) and I am the current champion of England," he said. "So why should I be in trouble? Why? We’re not happy, but we know what we are."
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