Jose Mourinho says aspiring footballers of the modern day want to make millions before they have even kicked a ball in the Premier League.Instead, the Chelsea boss wishes young players followed the example of Frank Lampard and John Terry, who he says were ‘fanatical for victories’.In an interview with Esquire magazine, Mourinho bemoaned the culture of wealth and celebrity which surrounds teenage prospects. ‘What I feel is that before, players were trying to make money during their career, be rich at the end of their career,’ said the Blues boss.‘But in this moment, the people who surround them try to make them rich before they start their career.‘They try to make them rich when they sign their first contract, when they didn’t play one single match in the Premier League, when they don’t know what it is to play in the Champions League.’Terry was a graduate of the academy system at Chelsea, while Lampard was bought for £11m having come through the ranks at West Ham.Both have been regulars for club and country and are now enjoying a new lease of life with Mourinho back at Stamford Bridge.They won their first Premier League trophy under the Portuguese in 2005, and are currently part of a Chelsea side four points clear at the top of the table. And Mourinho added: ‘You have to find the right boy: the boy who wants to succeed, his pride and passion for the game.‘His dream is not one more million or one less million, his dream is to play at the highest level, to win titles, because if you do these things you’ll be rich the same at the end of your career.‘So we are working hard to give the best orientation to young players, to follow examples of guys from the past – the Lampards, the Terrys – who were always fanatical for victories’.The former Real Madrid manager also revealed how his players at the Bernabeu would queue in front of the mirror before the game while the referee waited for them in the tunnel.He went on: ‘But that’s how society is now. Young people care a lot about this: they are twentysomething and I am 51 and if I want to work with kids I have to understand their world.‘How can I stop my players on the bus doing, er, what do you call? Twitters and these things? How can I stop them if my daughter and my son do the same? So, I have to adapt to the moment.’ ‘What I feel is that before, players were trying to make money during their career, be rich at the end of their career,’ said the Blues boss.‘But in this moment, the people who surround them try to make them rich before they start their career.‘They try to make them rich when they sign their first contract, when they didn’t play one single match in the Premier League, when they don’t know what it is to play in the Champions League.’Terry was a graduate of the academy system at Chelsea, while Lampard was bought for £11m having come through the ranks at West Ham.Both have been regulars for club and country and are now enjoying a new lease of life with Mourinho back at Stamford Bridge.They won their first Premier League trophy under the Portuguese in 2005, and are currently part of a Chelsea side four points clear at the top of the table.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:51:42 +0000
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