Mourinho piles pressure on Pellegrini

The Portuguese is adamant that
his Chilean counterpart must
mount a title challenge in order
to justify Manchester City's huge
summer spend
Jose Mourinho claims that there
is more pressure on Manchester
City and Manuel Pellegrini this
season than on his Chelsea side.
The Portuguese boss cited the
vast sums of money the defeated
FA Cup finalists have spent on a
group of experienced players
this summer, while the Blues
have signed the 22-year-old
Andre Schurrle and 20-year-old
Marco van Ginkel.
Mourinho believes that his young
side are far from the finished
article and in need of learning
experiences, while the pressure
is firmly on City to pay back their
vast expenditure with a serious
title challenge.
"Of course," the Blues boss told
reporters when asked if more
should be expected of City than
Chelsea. "Young players are not
at the best they will be. They
need to learn, they need time to
get to the top.
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"I know the players they've
bought. You are talking about
[Jesus] Navas and [Alvaro]
Negredo, they are two world
champions, two European
champions.
"[Stevan] Jovetic, for more than
two years, is one of the best in
Italian football. He has five years
of Fiorentina, playing in Serie A at
the highest level. Fernandinho
has more experience, a national
team player.
"I think they are players without
surprises. They are more than
ready. If you see their age, their
maturity, they are in the perfect
moment of their career to go to
England, no need for adaptation,
no need of work to learn the
project.
"They are players at the top of
their careers, experienced but
still young. They bought very,
very well. That doesn't surprise
me because they have the money
to buy but also the knowledge.
They have people in the club that
know a lot about football."
Given the inexperience of the
Chelsea squad, Mourinho believes
that a title win this season could
be the best of his highly-
successful career, while
continuing to ramp up the
pressure on Pellegrini to succeed.
"It's different," continued the
Portuguese. "It can be better
because I always say that the
best trophy you have is the last
one. If we win something
important with this group, it will
be the best for many reasons.
"In my first time you [the media]
were always putting pressure on
me saying: 'You buy this, you
spend that, you buy the title.'
"So I hope now it is on the other
side. It's always difficult to win.
You can have the best players but
you have other kinds of
problems."