How Mourinho Turned Chelsea's Clique-Ridden Superstars Into a Team of Champions ; Special Report
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FOR two-and-a-half days after they reported back for work last summer, just one topic dominated the chatter among the Chelsea players.
It was not the usual rich, young footballers' talk of fast cars and slow horses. Nor even the more mundane exchanges about which luxury resort they had favoured for their summer holidays.See the full content of this document
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How Mourinho Turned Chelsea's Clique-Ridden Superstars Into a Team of Champions ; Special Report
The key question at Chelsea's training ground near Heathrow was: How is Jose Mourinho, the club's dynamic new manager from Portugal, going to handle the extravagantly gifted but infuriatingly unreliable Argentine striker, Hernan Crespo?
The answer was to prove a significant moment in forging the spirit and discipline that have been of crucial importance as Mourinho has turned Chelsea from a clique-ridden group of individuals into a team that yesterday, with their 2-0 win at Bolton, became champions of England for the first time in 50...See the full content of this document
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