Adeus Jose

Jose and Roman during happier times

I got a shock yesterday during Marketing class yesterday.

Jose Mourinho was sacked!

It came really as a big surprise to me although the writings had been on the wall for some time already.

Despite his arrogance and ego, this man is a winner.

He managed to instill the winning mentality into the Chelsea team during his tenure and 2 League titles, 2 League cups and 1 FA Cup aren't too bad for a club of Chelsea's stature.

However Roman isn't easily satisfied. The billionaire wants a Champions' League title for all the hundreds of millions he splurged on Chelsea. If Chelsea had won the CL, he will probably continue to tolerate the boring football or Jose's mistreatment of his good friend Andriy.

Towards the end of his time at Chelsea, Jose received little support from his boss. Roman insisted Sheva to be played and refused Jose spare change to buy Ben Haim. Many of the Chelsea duds are forced on to him: Boulahrouz immediately came to the mind.

It is really quite perplexing to see how winning teams disintegrate. It was the same type of politics that drove Rafa to quit Valencia after leading them to 2 La Liga titles. Likewise similar things are unfolding at Spurs despite Martin Jol's impressive record of 2 consecutive 5th place finishes.

Teams like Man Utd or Arsenal don't face this kind of problem because the manager is the sole power of authority. Troubles often begin when more people try to undermine the manager's work.

Just as Prof Menkhoff puts it, a lot of things are actually common sense but not common practices. Jose must be bitter being a victim of such politics.

English football loses a colourful character and I will miss his delightful post-match interviews.

Although I hate his arrogance, I will not mind him coming back to spice up EPL again.

Adeus Jose~