Jose Mourinho insists he will not ask Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for January signings

Jose Mourinho will not ask Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for new players in January

JOSE MOURINHO has vowed he will not ask Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for new players in January.

 

Mourinho’s side face Norwich tomorrow at Stamford Bridge having already lost seven times in the Premier League this season and lying just 16th in the table, after winning the title last season.

Mourinho is under major pressure – but insists he has total faith in himself and the squad that has so far underperformed this season, to get Chelsea out of the trouble they have got themselves into.

He insisted that Chelsea can still finish in the top four despite their disastrous start, and said: ““I will not ask for any changes from the board in January. 

 

“I'm happy with the players. I trust them. I don't need to clean the dressing room, as I have seen written. 

“I don't need to ask the club to spend money in January. We put ourselves in a great situation together by being champions last season. We put ourselves together in this situation in the Premier League this year; so we have to be together, again, to put it right.”

Chelsea Technical Director Michael Emenalo said this week that the club had total faith in Mourinho, and the Portuguese said: “We were champions four months ago. Not four years ago, or ten years ago.

 

The manager is the same. The players are basically the same. Nobody gives a four-year contract four months ago if they don't trust the person. Nobody gives new contracts to players, if we don't trust the players. 

“There is trust. And there are reasons for that trust. 

“Obviously, the power in the end is with the owner and the board, and the same way they show have shown me and the players that they trust us, it's time for us to give them a positive answer.

"To go through a good period, because the owner deserves it, the board deserve it, the supporters deserve it, but we deserve it as well.”