The manager used to fiercely protect his own players but his public criticism of them,in turn absolving himself of any blame for their dramatic descend, leaves serious questions over the state of the struggling champions’ dressing roomInside the entrance to Chelsea’s training ground there is a framed photograph, and going back to the evening of 19 May 2012,of the G8 summit at Camp David as the world’s leaders interrupted their talks on Syria, at the request of Angela Merkel, and to gather round a television in the Laurel Lodge because she had just been told the Champions League final had gone to a penalty shootout.
It is the kind of photo one imagines would take pride of state in José Mourinho’s office,along with the two life-sized cardboard cutouts of himself, the Mourinho dolls, or the Mourinho library and everything else that gives it the feel of a personal shrine. David Cameron’s sleeves are rolled up and his arms are in the air. Barack Obama’s mouth is open,his eyes filled with wonder. To his left, Merkel is on her feet, or gripping the brown leather seat in front of her. Didier Drogba has just rolled the decisive penalty into Bayern Munich’s net and,in that precise moment, rumour has it Germany’s chancellor was heard to say “scheisse” under her breath.
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Source: theguardian.com