Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has now stated that some of the players in his current squad have “unstable attitude”, due to which the club had a poor start to the new campaign. The Portuguese manager’s side won the Premier League last term, but are now placed at 14th with eight points from seven games as they lack “serial champions attitude”, according to him.
Prior to Chelsea’s trip to Portugal to face FC Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday evening, he stated, “Clearly it’s an attitude perspective of some individuals.”
“And when you have individuals with that unstable attitude in terms of motivation, desire and commitment you will pay.”
The 52 year old manager further added, “There are two sorts of champions.”
“There are champions who win something – and there are lots of them – but there are the other champions who during their career win one, two, three, four, five, 10 or 20 titles.”
“We have 25 champions from last year – but serial champions in this squad, how many do we have?”
“I can be five or 10 years without winning a title, but I will still be a serial champion in my approach and my attitude. This is the problem we have at this moment.”
“Only consistency can give you that status. Football is about today. At this moment I don’t have untouchables.”
“To be a winner you don’t need to win all the time, but you must have a strong mentality every game, every day.”