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發表於 2005-8-24 14:10:23
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José waves fond farewell to Tiago
Tuesday, Aug 23, 2005
With the transfer of Tiago to France imminent, José Mourinho has talked about the manner in which the move has come about and the sadness the loss of the Portuguese midfielder has brought.
“He wants to go,” Mourinho made perfectly clear, “and he did it in a very professional way.”
He said: “Boss, I feel very sorry to go. I love it here but I am a professional and I want to play more times. I have a good proposal from Olympique Lyon. I would like to go, it is World Cup year and the French League is a good one.”
Mourinho also explained the financial offer from Lyon to Chelsea was favourable and that Tiago was impressed by his conversations with Gerard Houllier, the new Lyon coach, and influenced by the fact his likely new club play a similar system to Chelsea.
A classic José phrase was used to illustrate that in those circumstances, it would be hard for Chelsea to block the move. “The boy wants to go and we cannot break the legs of such a good boy for us.”
With Tiago's move in the process of being finalised, Mourinho denied that the loss of a midfielder at this early stage of the season had unexpectedly upset his plans.
“It [the transfer] was already in hand. It was a process when Tiago understood that he is not a first choice at the moment and Essien arrives. I can use Eidur or Joe Cole in midfield and he was feeling that since the pre-season.
“A lot of clubs were interested in him. From England, from Spain, from Portugal and Olympique Lyon. He has made a decision but it is something we have worked out.
“We have the same amount of players as we had last season - 21 plus three goal keepers and I think that is a good number to face the season. It also gives a chance to a young player like Diarra. He now knows his chance is real and he will just have to work and wait for it because there is no more Tiago in front of him.
“Tiago yesterday provoked a lot of tears in our group because he is a wonderful boy and he was a very good player for us and we know we will miss him,” summed up the Chelsea boss.
“We will miss the player and we will miss the person. Yesterday when he was going to Lyon he was saying to us probably I don’t come back. It was very emotional for everybody because everybody was very disappointed.”
by Paul Mason
from:http://www.chelseafc.com
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