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Recently, Chelsea's coach Jose Mourinho, who recently signed a new five-year contract with the English champions Chelsea owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, revealed that this summer he would like to strengthen the team in three positions.
Since Chelsea has secured the title of England's Premier League champions and exited the Champions League, the Portuguese coach has already started to think about the next season and how to strengthen his team.
"Our priority is to keep the champions and not lose key players. The conditions for that are set in this club," said Mourinho. "We will keep our championship team and strengthen it. Winning the championship after a 50-year hiatus is a fantastic achievement. Now we need to look to the future and win more titles, not after another half a century, but constantly, every year."
The 42-year-old manager revealed that he would like to strengthen the team with a left-back, a safe player, and an attacker: "For example, looking at the left-back position, we only have Wayne Bridge. We can strengthen that position. Looking at the attacking players, we might need one more. In the defensive line, we should keep all players and maybe add one more."
Meanwhile, the controversial J. Mourinho faced criticism again from UEFA for criticizing the disputed goal scored by the side referee Roman Slysko after losing in the semifinal against Liverpool.
J. Mourinho had already received a two-game disqualification for accusing the opponent's coach F. Rijkaard of visiting the referee A. Frisk's dressing room during halftime after the match against Barcelona. Later, the Swedish referee decided to end his career due to anonymous threats.
"It's unbelievable that he (Mourinho) lacks enough brains and doesn't learn from his last mistake," said UEFA Referees Committee vice chairman Lars-Ake Bjorck. "It's truly unbelievable, especially considering he had already been punished with disqualification and fined. If UEFA receives a complaint, we will deal with it quickly. Such statements harm football and everything around it."
