Mourinho’s now infamous seven-minute rant was to send a
message to Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.
The Premier League champions have registered just two
wins from their opening eight games, and following their
defeat at home to Southampton before the international
break, Mourinho delivered a lengthy speech in which he
insisted that he would not “run away from responsibilities”.
But the former Manchester United boss believes real motive
behind Mourinho’s post-match interview was an attempt to
establish whether he had the full backing of Chelsea’s
hierarchy.
“I was studying Jose on that situation, when he had his
press conference, and I was wondering whether he wanted
the confidence of Roman Abramovich by saying that: ‘look,
do you really believe in me? This is your opportunity to
believe me’. I think he was putting a challenge out to
Roman,” Ferguson told the Morning Joe show.
“Because I think at times there is a loneliness about
managing a club like Chelsea. I had periods like that at
United and you feel you’ve got to get the support from the
people on top of you, the head of the organisation, and I
think that’s what Jose was doing.
“I will say this, and I know him well, he will find a solution,
because that’s what good managers do, they find the
solution. For instance, when we lost the league, five times
we lost it when we were second, the next year we won it. We
created a solution to make sure it didn’t happen again. And I
think he will do that."
When asked if he felt Mourinho could still guide Chelsea to a
top-four place, Ferguson replied: “Yes, absolutely no
question about that. He’ll find the solution because he’s a
top manager. He’s a clever guy, and one thing I always
noticed about his teams - they all try for him, you don’t have
any shirkers in his teams. And that epitomises his way of
managing.”
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