Jose Mourinho sends message to Chelsea fans over supportive chants

Jose Mourinho has admitted he prides himself on building relationships with fans after Chelsea fans chanted his name during recent games.

Current Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino has spoken openly of his struggles to win over the fanbase, many of whom have called for Mourinho to be brought in as his replacement.

Asked about the chants and the adoration from many supporters of his former clubs, Mourinho told that he makes an effort to build connections with fans like those who still chant his name at Chelsea.

«I always say that the best thing football has is the fans, because the fans don't make money with football, they spend money with football,» he explained. «Sometimes, they spend money that the family needs and they make sacrifices because of the passion for football and especially for the passion with their clubs. Normally, they are fair.

»When a club's fans don't like a player or don't like the coach, [it's for] some reason. It's not because [of] beautiful eyes, it's not because handsome guy. They love it or don't love it for some reason. In my case, independent of results — of course, I always had the luck of something to celebrate, for the fans to have a good memory of me — I think something they see is that you are committed to them.

«I'm always committed to my club. Fans — doesn’t matter. Country — doesn't matter, which club. So I think they have a feeling that I give everything. And because of my personality, in the end I'm always going to be more than a coach.

»In some club structures, then you have to be the coach, then you have to be the technical director, then you have to be the communication director, then you have to be the image that defends the club and the players – and that is something that people