MOURINHO CONFUSED BY 'SAD' EXCITEMENT OVER POSSIBLE SACKING

The Portuguese boss says he's not
considering the possibility of being sacked
and cannot understand why people around
the football world are enthralled by the
possibility
Jose Mourinho has claimed he does not
fear the sack and has questioned why
people inside - and outside - football are
“excited” by his potential sacking.
Mourinho’s Chelsea take on Liverpool at
Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on
Saturday and the Portuguese boss admits
to being concerned about improving the
Blues' lowly league position.
Chelsea sit 15th in the table after having
won three of their opening 10 league
fixtures but Mourinho insisted he was not
bothered by speculation over his job
security.
"I’m not worried about that at all. At all. I
don't spend one second of my day thinking
about it," he said.
"I'm worried about the results. I'm worried
about winning on Saturday, about
qualifying for the next round of the
Champions League. I am worried about
recovering positions in the table and to go
back to where Chelsea normally has to be.
"I’m not worried about my job, my future,
about anything other than that. I'm not
worried. I'm not worried. And it looks like
you want to put a lot of pressure on me in
relation to that, where you can't do it. You
can't do it. You can't do it."
Mourinho has been unable to replicate
Chelsea's strong form in the early stages of
the new campaign after leading the club to
a Premier League and League Cup double
last year and the 52-year-old is confused
by anticipation for his sacking.
"What I'd like to understand is why some
people can be so excited and happy with
the perspective of somebody losing his
job," he told a press conference.
"If you tell me your newspaper is going to
sack 20 people, first of all I will be worried
for you. I promise you. You have a good
relationship here.
"And, secondly, I would be very
disappointed even if I don't know the other
20 guys who are going to be sacked. But
this [management] is the only job where
people get excited at that. It's sad."
He added: “The Brendan
[Rodgers] situation, he was almost winning
the Premier League. He was the Manager
of the Year and suddenly people were
really happy and working hard until he was
sacked.
"It's strange. I don't belong to this world.
I'm too emotional. I hate people losing
jobs. Not in football, but in everything.”