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Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho rules out moves for Chelsea's Didier Drogba & Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor
'No chance' of duo heading for Bernabeu...
24 Aug 2010 11:14:00
By Zack Wilson
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will not be plundering the Premier League for strikers it seems, after the Portuguese ruled out making a move for either Manchester City forward Emmanuel Adbebayor or Chelsea star Didier Drogba.
Adebayor was an unused substiute for City in their 3-0 home win over Liverpool on Monday evening and rumours have linked Mourinho with an approach for the Togolese forward. But, speaking to Sky Sports News, Mourinho insisted that the striker was not on his wanted list.
"I think no chance," Mourinho stated, when asked if a bid was likely.
"The historical dimension of Real Madrid and Manchester City you can't compare. But the economical dimension you can compare.
"And maybe they will win (the Premier League). So I think at the minute Man City is the club to keep their best players and to buy the players that nobody expects them to buy.
"I don't think, just one year after buying Emmanuel from Arsenal, he's the player to leave."
And Mourinho was equally unequivocal when it came to the prospects of Real snapping up Drogba.
"Again, no chance," he insisted.
Meanwhile, the Portuguese also acknoledges that City's enormous wealth is making it all but impossible to compete with them for players.
Mourninho lost out on Aleksander Kolarov this summer, with the Serbian defender opting to join the Citizens instead.
"I understand that if someone wants to compete with them for a player it is very difficult, they are dominant in the market," he explained.
"The player they say they want is the player they get.
"I was interested in Kolarov when I came here but I couldn't compete with them as they went to values that I couldn't.
"If they have the money they can do it, if they have the ambition to win the Premier League they can do it."
As for their chances in the Premier League, Mourinho sees them as likely title contenders, unlike Liverpool, who he thinks are in for a season of hard work as Roy Hodgson looks to turn things round at Anfield.
"I believe Chelsea, Man United and Man City, that's it," he replied, when asked as to his thoughts on who would be the Premier League's title challengers.
"It's very difficult for Roy Hodgson as over the last three years they have been getting worse, worse and worse. He needs time."
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Adebayor was an unused substiute for City in their 3-0 home win over Liverpool on Monday evening and rumours have linked Mourinho with an approach for the Togolese forward. But, speaking to Sky Sports News, Mourinho insisted that the striker was not on his wanted list.
"I think no chance," Mourinho stated, when asked if a bid was likely.
"The historical dimension of Real Madrid and Manchester City you can't compare. But the economical dimension you can compare.
"And maybe they will win (the Premier League). So I think at the minute Man City is the club to keep their best players and to buy the players that nobody expects them to buy.
"I don't think, just one year after buying Emmanuel from Arsenal, he's the player to leave."
And Mourinho was equally unequivocal when it came to the prospects of Real snapping up Drogba.
"Again, no chance," he insisted.
Meanwhile, the Portuguese also acknoledges that City's enormous wealth is making it all but impossible to compete with them for players.
Mourninho lost out on Aleksander Kolarov this summer, with the Serbian defender opting to join the Citizens instead.
"I understand that if someone wants to compete with them for a player it is very difficult, they are dominant in the market," he explained.
"The player they say they want is the player they get.
"I was interested in Kolarov when I came here but I couldn't compete with them as they went to values that I couldn't.
"If they have the money they can do it, if they have the ambition to win the Premier League they can do it."
As for their chances in the Premier League, Mourinho sees them as likely title contenders, unlike Liverpool, who he thinks are in for a season of hard work as Roy Hodgson looks to turn things round at Anfield.
"I believe Chelsea, Man United and Man City, that's it," he replied, when asked as to his thoughts on who would be the Premier League's title challengers.
"It's very difficult for Roy Hodgson as over the last three years they have been getting worse, worse and worse. He needs time."
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