Chelsea offer Mourinho 'vote of confidence'
The club has publicly offered the Portuguese
coach their 'full support' despite a run of just two
wins in eight Premier League games and a home
defeat to Southampton on SaturdayChelsea have
offered manager Jose Mourinho and his squad a
vote of confidence following their 3-1 defeat at
home to Southampton in the Premier League on
Saturday.
The Blues claimed the Premier League title last
season but have won just two of their first eight
games of the 2015-16 campaign and sit 16th in
the table.
Mourinho insisted after the defeat to Southampton
that he would only walk away from Chelsea if the
players no longer trusted him, and the club has
released a statement offering their public backing
to the Portuguese.
The statement reads: "The club wants to make it
clear that Jose continues to have our full support.
"As Jose has said himself, results have not been
good enough and the team's performances must
improve. However, we believe that we have the
right manager to turn this season around and that
he has the squad with which to do it."
Prior to the defeat to Southampton, Mourinho
described Chelsea's slump as the worst period of
his career.
But the Chelsea boss displayed his defiance in the
face of criticism following the shock loss at
Stamford Bridge.
"If the club sacks me, they sack the best manager
this club had," he told reporters. "And secondly,
the message is again the message of bad results.
The manager is guilty. This is the message, not
just these players, the other ones before, they got
[the message] during a decade.
"This is a moment for everybody to assume their
responsibilities. To stick together. This is what I
want."
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