Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has slammed former Chelsea player Didier Drogba for allegedly criticising the club in his new autobiography in an effort to boost sales.
Speaking last night, Mourinho stated that he had no interest in dwelling on any extracts in the book that are intended to promote the book by unethical means.
'When you speak because you want to sell books, I don't read. I like interviews, I like interviews from big guys like Didier with good journalists or newspapers or television. But this is not an interview. It was to sell books. It doesn't disappoint me, it was just the reality. It was just to sell books. I can analyse Didier's interview with pleasure, but not Didier selling books.'
Didier Drogba "I want to manage the blues" [BBC] #CFC pic.twitter.com/xN91QzMfBV
— ChelseaTalk (@TheBlues_Talk) November 26, 2015
Drogby bagged 164 goals and won 12 prestigious trophies as part of the Chelsea team, many of which were won under Mourinho's management.
Meanwhile, Mourinho spoke critically of Spanish striker Diego Costa who he had a tense exchange with on Tuesday night.
Costa netted 17 times in his first five months at Chelsea, but his goal scoring has since gone into decline which is partly attributable to a hamstring injury. The Spaniard has scored just four goals so far this season and Mourinho is getting impatient.
Throwback to Diego Costa's solo goal in 2014/15 pre-season. #cfc https://t.co/8yafjBXHNm
— TweetChelseaFC (@TweetChelseaFC) November 25, 2015
'He's not reading the game properly in these actions. As a striker he must read; you have to play not when you have the ball, but when others have the ball. You have to anticipate things and read the game faster. You're not on fire again just because you've scored a goal against Norwich. It's a process.'
But according to Mourinho, their relationship has not suffered from the strains of Tuesday night.
'Everything is okay, no problem. In the game I told him, from a distance, that I was not happy with the movement he did. He told me also a few nice words from where he was. Nothing happened at half-time.'
