No more mind games

The experienced Portuguese campaigner said he had done nothing but praise the English champions’ incoming boss since returning for a second spell at Stamford Bridge.

Mourinho said he had called Moyes a “great coach, (who) deserves success, he deserves time to work, he didn’t win trophies in Everton because it’s very difficult to win trophies there”.

“If to speak good about him is to play mind games, what do you say if I speak bad about him?” Mourinho told a briefing in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
“So the best thing is not to speak. If I don’t speak, nobody says anything.”

Mourinho raised suspicions that he was trying to make life difficult for Moyes after speaking glowingly about Rooney and hinting a move could improve his England chances before Chelsea’s bid was made public.

Moyes, taking over from the legendary Alex Ferguson, has had trouble with the Rooney question in his early weeks in charge. — AFP.