Jose Mourinho has started the mind games early and dismissed Liverpool’s chances of mounting a serious title challenge.
Knowing the way Mourinho’s mind works, it’s a sure sign that he see’s us as a serious threat when he goes out of his way to write us off so early.
In an article which will appear in tomorrows Times, Jose said.
“I believe that Manchester United and Arsenal will be the better teams.”
“The quality of their football, the way they play, the improvements in their squads. United will improve a lot by having Michael Carrick. He`s a very, very good player and will improve them. United have had some problems since Roy Keane went to Celtic, but they have a very good team and don`t need ten players to improve their team. They just choose the right players for the right position. Carrick is a big improvement for them and I think they can be a very strong team.
“Arsenal were not successful in the Premiership but had success, you can say that because they reached the final of the Champions League playing always very good football. They have a very good group of players, and some young players with great motivation. [Tomas] Rosicky is also a very important player for them and can bring them the kind of quality ? I don`t want to compare him to [Dennis] Bergkamp because he was more than special ? but Rosicky can bring that kind of quality to the left side. I think they are a very strong team.
“Liverpool are different. They are very competitive, it`s very difficult to beat them. If they score a goal before you score, it`s very difficult to change it because they defend really well with 11 players and are very, very compact. They are tactically very good. And they are potentially fighting for the front pack, but I still fancy more the way Manchester United and Arsenal play football.”
Mourinho feels that Chelsea`s biggest enemy this season will be complacency.
“We were the best team for sure in England in the last two years so the fight is against ourselves,” he said.
“We must challenge ourselves. We don`t need other people to put pressure on us, I think we have to put pressure on ourselves and push ourselves with big motivation to keep improving. The new players we have are not many, but are high-quality players and they are new motivation for us.
“I was telling the players this group reminds me of our group in the first year I came here. In the first year from the first day we were feeling and smelling a fantastic group and a great family. I think these kind of feelings are back. Of course leaving our wives and families behind is difficult but we feel very, very comfortable living together and working together.
“I don`t believe it will be easy for other clubs to stop us because we are building a very strong football team and also a very strong family.”
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