Jose
Mourinho says there is no chance of him leaving Chelsea this season, despite
the club's poor start to the season.
The reining Premier League champions have taken just four points from their
opening four league games and are already eight points behind leaders
Manchester City.
Mourinho signed a new contract that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until
2019 in the summer, although some have questioned the Portuguese's future at
the club.
However, Mourinho hit back at those suggesting his second spell in London
could be coming to an end.
"Let's be objective. I don't want to leave the club, in any circumstances,
and the club doesn't want me to leave," said the former Real Madrid and
Inter Milan manager.
"I'm not going to walk away. The club is not going to sack me. If somebody,
anyone thinks that I walk, or I leave the job, it's somebody that doesn't
know.
"Chelsea fans know me for good and for bad and that's not my profile, to run
away from problems, in this case to run away from bad results."
Mourinho's first spell in charge at Chelsea ended abruptly in 2007 after a
difficult start to the season but the 52 year-old was quick to play down any
comparisons between the two campaigns.
"When I was here in 2007, I had two things in my mind - go to Spain and go
to Italy," he said. "I don't want to go back. I want to stay here. That's
enough.
"Mr Abramovich in 2007, in his football life, if you can say that, he knows
only two managers - [Claudio] Ranieri and myself.
"In this moment, he knows, how many? Ten? He knows a lot of them. He knows a
lot of them. I repeat - I stay until Mr Abramovich wants. A few weeks ago [I
had] a contract that expired in two years' time.
"And he gave me a contract that expires in four years' time. We have one
problem. We are not getting the results we always expect to get. That's our
problem."
Despite Chelsea's poor start to the Premier League campaign, Mourinho
remains confident of an upturn in form.
"I'm not happy and I'm happy that I'm not happy. I work harder than ever.
I'm optimistic, I trust the players. I repeat, the players trust me.
"It's not such a hard situation because you feel that better results will
arrive. We are going to leave this situation, for sure."
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