Jose Mourinho is known as one of the most fascinating coaches in the world. Not only because of his successes as a football coach, but also because of his exceptional personality. And the one who tasted it in the flesh was Tal Ben-Haim, a Betar Jerusalem stopper who played under the “special” at Chelsea. Last night (Thursday), his teammate at the time, Steve Sidewall, told what makes Mourinho a special varnish and recalls a story centered on the Israeli And none other than Didier Drogba.
“There were a lot of leaders in the group,” Sidewall said. “Terry, Lampard, Asien, Drogba, Balak, there was no shortage of leaders. In training they all crushed each other. I remember Asien snacking on Shevchenko, for example. Or Shatal Ben Haim passed Drogba, and they stood up and said ‘I’m going to kill him.’ “Mourinho, in response, said ‘I need him on Saturday, you can kill him next week’.”
“He loved it,” Sidewell added, explaining. “I think he blossomed from it, and I don’t think it’s happening at Tottenham right now.” Indeed, the loss to Chelsea, which was the third in a row, left Mourinho and the Spurs in eighth place, 14 points from the top – but who knows, maybe they will be able to forget about it by winning the trophy at City’s expense.
Drogba wanted to ‘kill’ old Chelsea team-mate Ben Haim and Mourinho ‘loved’ it https://t.co/aQwFP1Gqki
– Sun Sport (@SunSport) February 5, 2021