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Londono kapitonas John Terry declared that he is ready to speak on behalf of the players to the team management and convince them that the team's coach should continue to be the Portuguese Jose Mourinho.
Recently, there have been more and more rumors that eccentric J. Mourinho will leave Chelsea club at the end of the season.
"We do not want Jose to leave, and if we need five or six of the team's veterans to defend him, we are ready. We are all loyal to this coach, but it is pressure for all of us," said the team captain.
J. Mourinho has been coaching the London club for the past three years and has already won the English Premier League twice. However, there have been rumors recently that there is friction between the coach and the team management because they did not allow the Portuguese to acquire desired players in January transfer window. Real Madrid and Inter Milan are considered as potential new employers for J. Mourinho.
After Saturday's 4-0 victory over Wigan, Jose Mourinho, talking about his future and a possible termination of his contract, which is valid until 2010, was mysterious.
"I am still young as a coach, but I have been in football for a very long time. Next week I will be 44, so I will be in football for 44 years. Since childhood in football, I have seen a lot of things. In football, you can never be a hundred percent sure of anything. When I say that the club is more important than me, I mean that the future of the club is very important. In this case, my future is not important, and at the moment everyone in the club should think about the team and not about themselves," said the coach.
However, currently recovering from a back injury, J. Terry is convinced that J. Mourinho will stay in the team: "Jose is the best in the market. There is no doubt about it, and I think it will be the case for another 20 years. That's what we want at Chelsea, the best of the best. I am convinced that he will stay in the club and work with us next season."
Support for J. Mourinho was also expressed by striker Didier Drogba: "It would be very painful to lose him, it is not easy to lose a good friend. I do not know if it will happen, but if it is true, it is very sad. All sorts of stories come out, but I hope he stays. We love Jose for his coaching style and the confidence in us that he has given us. I hope people leave us alone because those rumors harm the team."
Even the rival Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson would not want the Portuguese to leave his post: "I would be disappointed if J. Mourinho left. I really enjoy his company when we meet after matches and such. Jose is a great person and I like competing with him."
