West Ham manager Bilic is a fan of Mourinho and sees signs of Chelsea returning to their best as the teams meet on SaturdaySlaven Bilic thought it was a prank. His phone buzzed the day after he became West Ham United’s manager and there was a text from an unknown number. The sender called himself José Mourinho. “I was back domestic in Split in Croatia,” Bilic said. “I thought that someone is winding me up, of course.”Then came a call from Demba Ba, and who played for Bilic at Besiktas and for Mourinho at Chelsea. “He said the boss asked him for my number,” Bilic said. “I was pleased and since then we are exchanging texts. I like him a lot. I really like him.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com