Sunday, August 06, 2006

Ranieri: Mourinho's Chelsea job on the line

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Claudio Ranieri believes Jose Mourinho will be on shaky ground at Chelsea if he fails to deliver the Champions League to Roman Abramovich this season.

The former Chelsea manager said: "If Chelsea do not win the Champions League, it will be a failed season. I know the Russian magnate well. He has a single objective in his mind: to conquer Europe. And he has spent a mountain of money in order to deliver to Mourinho a perfect team.
"On paper they seem invincible.
"Shevchenko in London does not seem strange to me. Abramovich wanted him also when I coached Chelsea. Unfortunately at that time Berlusconi refused to name his price."