Post by gw on Apr 20, 2007 16:35:15 GMT -1
Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has revealed the club have no plans to sack boss Jose Mourinho in the summer.
Speculation over the Portuguese coach's future at Stamford Bridge - and his relationship with owner Roman Abramovich - has been rife all season.
But Kenyon has denied the club have been looking at potential replacements.
"Jose's got a contract until 2010 and we're not going to sack him. He's got the full support of the board, that's really important," he told Chelsea TV.
"We've been linked with something like 14 managers now I think, but we've not got a list and we're not looking."
Mourinho has masterminded back-to-back Premiership titles since arriving at the club from Porto in 2004.
He has also won the League Cup twice, including this season, and is still fighting for silverware on three fronts this term.
However, Mourinho has grown frustrated at the lack of transfer funds made available to him this season, particularly in the January transfer window when he was desperate to bring in defensive reinforcements.
And the big-money summer arrival Andriy Shevchenko, thought to be a close friend of Abramovich, is also believed to be a bone of contention between owner and coach.
But the pair shared an embrace after the tense FA Cup semi-final victory over Blackburn, in a move interpreted by some as a sign of a thawing in relations between the two.
Speculation over the Portuguese coach's future at Stamford Bridge - and his relationship with owner Roman Abramovich - has been rife all season.
But Kenyon has denied the club have been looking at potential replacements.
"Jose's got a contract until 2010 and we're not going to sack him. He's got the full support of the board, that's really important," he told Chelsea TV.
"We've been linked with something like 14 managers now I think, but we've not got a list and we're not looking."
Mourinho has masterminded back-to-back Premiership titles since arriving at the club from Porto in 2004.
He has also won the League Cup twice, including this season, and is still fighting for silverware on three fronts this term.
However, Mourinho has grown frustrated at the lack of transfer funds made available to him this season, particularly in the January transfer window when he was desperate to bring in defensive reinforcements.
And the big-money summer arrival Andriy Shevchenko, thought to be a close friend of Abramovich, is also believed to be a bone of contention between owner and coach.
But the pair shared an embrace after the tense FA Cup semi-final victory over Blackburn, in a move interpreted by some as a sign of a thawing in relations between the two.