Johnson says he harbours no ill feelings towards his
old boss and wonder what Mourinho thinks about what’s happened
to him since he left Chelsea.
Liverpool's most expensive signing of the summer so far,
Glen Johnson, has said that, during his time with Chelsea, then
manager Jose Mourinho was less than honourable with the
sought-after left-back.
Asserting that the Portuguese gaffer told him 'a lot of things that
weren’t true', Johnson cited one particular incident that happened
during the games prior to the Blues facing Barcelona in the
Champions League.
“We had a couple of games to play before the Barcelona match.
Mourinho picked me for a game and told me in front of five
witnesses that if I played well, I would keep the shirt,”
The Times quote Johnson as saying.
“I immediately told my agent that it didn’t matter how well I
played, I would be dropped because Mourinho wouldn’t want me
anywhere near the team for the Barcelona game. Sure enough I was
voted man of the match — and I was dropped from the squad.
"You would have to ask Mourinho what his reasons were but I know it
was because he didn’t want to see me play well and be forced to
pick me for Barcelona. That was the day I knew I had to leave
Chelsea. Managers have to stick to their word. You have to be able
to trust them.”
Johnson went on to say that he harbours no ill feelings towards his
old boss and claims that his performances now speak for
themselves.
“It gives me a lift when I wonder what Mourinho thinks about what’s
happened to me since I left Chelsea. He never spoke to me about why
I wasn’t playing. He probably thought I would go to Portsmouth,
fade away, disappear and not do anything in the game — and probably
70% of football fans thought the same," he went on.
"I think I’ve proved my point as far as Mourinho is concerned.
People, even Jose Mourinho, make mistakes.”
