The three Chelsea players who cried on the floor when Mourinho was axed
Jose Mourinho’s shock exit from Chelsea in September 2007 left players like Didier Drogba, John Terry and Frank Lampard “crying on the floor”, says Steve Sidwell.
A Portuguese coach had helped to lift the Blues to the very top of the Premier League during an initial stint at the Stamford Bridge.
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Having been lured away from Porto in 2004, Mourinho delivered two consecutive Premier League titles, an FA Cup triumph and two League Cup with the London side.
He was then unceremoniously sacked, with Sidwell adamant that the current Tottenham manager – who returned to Chelsea in 2013 – had not lost the dressing room and left many of his senior players devastated by moving on.
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