Jose Mourinho has accused Chelski
supporters of being too 'soft' to realise the club's ambition of
being a 'great club'.
In a remarkable stereotyping of the Stamford Bridge faithful,
Mourinho depicted Chelski supporters as 'foreign' and
'cosmopolitan'. According to Mourinho, ousted as the club's
managers just two days after 24,973 spectators attended September's
Champions League tie against Rosenborg, their background means they
are not inclined to sing or shout at matches.
"Most of the black community are fans of Arsenal, the Jewish
community support Tottenham, in the most disadvantaged area of
London they're fans of West Ham, and Fulham are a small club but
with a strong nucleus of fans," The Sun quotes Mourinho writing in
a new book.
"And then comes Chelsea, a cosmopolitan club, with fans famous
around the world, like Bryan Adams, Claudia Schiffer and Chelsea,
the daughter of former president Clinton. "And there's a common
denominator among them all - they're foreigners, which fits in with
the general profile of the fan of the club. Whoever is a foreigner
and leads a life above the means of the average citizen is a fan of
Chelsea because Chelsea have the most expensive tickets, the most
expensive meals, their social life around the game is more
important than that of other clubs.
"It's the soft sort of fan who doesn't get behind the team a lot,
who don't organise themselves into fan groups, with the cheering on
that is characteristic of the image of English football. "They
create a different atmosphere because a lot of our fans also go to
the opera, the theatre, other types of shows that don't lend
themselves to lots of shouting. That's the Chelsea fan. "That's why
Chelsea have some difficulty in asserting themselves as a great
club of English football."
