Chelsea FC manager Jose Mourinho has accused his rivals for the Premier League title, namely Manchester City, Liverpool FC and Manchester United to try and buy the title and the fans of the clubs are not amused.
Chelsea FC have not splashed the cash this summer, with only Asmir Begovic and Radamel Falcao having joined the club, the first for a fee of around A?10 million and the second on loan. The Premier League champions have a well settled squad and did not need to invest heavily in the squad, with Mourinho insisting that the club would only replace a departing player
Chelsea FC have themselves been one of the biggest spenders in the world since the arrival of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich at the helm of the club, with Mourinho in his first spell with the club, spending exorbitantly buying titles to establish his legacy.
The 52-year-old himself spent in excess of circa A?150 million, at a time when that used to be a lot more money than now, to bring on the likes of Petr Cech, Arjen Robben and Didier Drogba to the club in his first spell.
Mourinho said: . a Now, they are buying the title. All of them, they are buying the title.”
a It is up to us to be strong and to fight them and, obviously, to try and win it again, even without the big investments.a
Clearly, given from the tweets below, the fans of rival clubs are not too pleased.
Jose Mourinho: “#LFC and #ManUtd are trying to buy the title.” HYPOCRISY LEVEL IS #OVER9000 pic.twitter.com/DlF5D1p0l0
a Liverpool FC 360 (@LFC_360) July 27, 2015
Arsenal’s nett spend is A?100m in the last 2 seasons, Man City at A?150m (+Sterling), Chelsea only A?1.5m. Gee, that Mourinho is controversial
a Sid Celery (@sidcelery) July 26, 2015
“All of [our rivals], they are buying the title” – Mourinho (manager of a team that has bought every trophy since 2004)
a Arsenal Report (@ArsenalReport) July 26, 2015
@G_Kooner19 Torres was signed in 2011. Hazard & Oscar 3 years ago. Look at net spends since Mourinho returned – that’s why he can say that.
a Duncan Castles (@DuncanCastles) July 26, 2015
Mourinho is certainly the most efficient person in football. 10 seconds of comments fuels an entire industry
a Sid Celery (@sidcelery) July 26, 2015
Mourinho: “[Rivals] are buying the title. It is up to us to be strong and to fight them.” AHAHAHAHAH! The irony here is something else.
a Manchester United (@ManUnitedWorld) July 26, 2015
Lool Mourinho is really out here trolling. I don’t think ‘Buying the title’ was a phrase until him & Roman came along.
a Le Football Est Part (@DictatePlay) July 26, 2015
It’s so funny to hear to Mourinho complain that rivals are trying to buy the title when Chelsea practically own the patent @robertmarawa
a Victor Dlamini (@victordlamini) July 27, 2015
