The 50-year-old admits that the Manchester
United forward may change his mind and
decide to stay at Old Trafford but wants the
England international to make his feelings clear
Jose Mourinho has called on Wayne Rooney to
make his feelings clear as the Chelsea manager
discussed the club's ongoing interest in the
Manchester United striker.
The Portuguese was speaking after his side
secured a point in a drab 0-0 draw at Old
Trafford, in which he named a starting XI
without an out-and-out striker.
The Blues have been heavily linked with Anzhi
striker Samuel Eto'o late in the transfer
window, following an unsuccessful summer
pursuit of Rooney, but Mourinho has refused
to throw in the towel, instead calling on the
27-year-old to make clear his intentions.
The Chelsea manager told reporters: "We have
to speak but this club [Manchester United]
must be a very special club, because in every
club in the world when a player wants to leave,
they don't support him. They give him a hard
time but they support him all the way.
"That proves this is a really special club with
special fans and I think now he'll decide he
wants to stay. If he makes that decision, we
will be the first to respect that and say 'it's
over.'
"It depends on his reaction, on his feelings. If
now, he doesn't want to leave, we are out of
the thing. We need to know what is
happening."
Chelsea negated much of United's threat on
Monday night, securing a result to keep them
at the top of the Premier League table, and
Mourinho felt that the stalemate was the right
outcome.
"I think the result is fair," he remarked. "I
think nobody did enough to be better than the
opponent. I think we controlled the game for
most of the time. We did not have real
problems.
"Our passing for counterattack, to go from a
defensive situation to an attacking situation,
was not the best. We had very creative and fast
players in attack but we lost simple passes and
made lots of mistakes.
"In terms of attack, we didn't give what we
could or what we should, but I told the players
before the game that we want to win and we
would play to win. I think the players
understood.
"For me, we didn't create chances because
when we recovered the ball we lost so many
easy passes. I will watch it on video and find
six, seven or eight easy passes to go for
counterattack when the players should and
could do more.
"It was a difficult match for them and a
difficult match for us. We both wanted to win
but we also didn't want to lose. I think it was a
really big match but at the end of the day, we
have six points from our two matches at home.
"After this difficult start, we are fine. It was
also a great experience for our kids - four guys
in attack in Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne,
Andre Schurrle and Oscar are four babies. To
have this experience was very good for them."
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