Mourinho returning to Chelsea with ‘no bad feelings’

LONDON: Jose Mourinho, who was sacked as manager by Chelsea in December, said he would be going back to Stamford Bridge with his new Manchester United team on Sunday (today) with “no bad feelings”.

The Portuguese believes he can never be removed from the history of Chelsea, where he won three Premier League crowns in two spells in charge, and said he would always be grateful to the fans for their support. “To be sacked is football,” Mourinho told Sky Sports television on Friday.

“In modern football especially it can happen to anyone. If it was a club where I gave nothing, I think it would have been more difficult.

“When I leave a club when in two different periods I gave titles, and gave the fans some of the best moments they have had, then you leave with the feeling ‘I have done my job,’” Mourinho said.

“I don’t think they want to, but even if they want to, they couldn’t delete me from Chelsea history. They belong to my history too. No bad feelings.”

Mourinho, who was at the helm at Stamford Bridge in his first spell from 2004-07 and for another two-and-a-half years from 2013-15, said he left the club in December without saying a bad word about anybody. “The owner (Roman Abramovich) decided to sack me, the fans, they have no power,” he added. “They showed day by day, match after match, that they wanted me but in this profile of club the fans have no power.”

Score Board

England won toss

England 1st innings 293 all-out (M Ali 68; Mehedi 6-80)

Bangladesh 1st innings 248 all-out (Tamim Iqbal 78; M Ali 3-75)

England 2nd innings

*A N Cook c Mahmudullah b Mehedi 12

B M Duckett c Mominul b Shakib     15

J E Root lbw b Shakib          1

G S Ballance c Imrul b Taijul 9

M M Ali c Mushfiqur b Shakib          14

B A Stokes lbw b Shakib      85

†J M Bairstow b Kamrul       47

C R Woakes not out  11

A U Rashid lbw b Shakib      9

S C J Broad not out   10

Extras (b 2, lb 8, pen 5)      15

Total (8 wickets; 76 overs)  228

To bat: G J Batty

Fall: 1-26, 2-27, 3-28, 4-46, 5-62, 6-189, 7-197, 8-213

Bowling: Mehedi 18-1-54-1; Shakib 31-7-79-5; Taijul 15-2-40-1; Kamrul 8-0-24-1; Mahmudullah 1-0-6-0; Shafiul 3-0-10-0

Test debuts: Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Sabbir Rahman (Bangladesh); B M Duckett (England)

Umpires: H D P K Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and C B Gaffaney (New Zealand). TV umpire: S Ravi (India). Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)