Mourinho moved to Chelsea in June 2004, In a press assemblage upon joining the English side, Mourinho said, Please dont call me arrogant, but Im European champion and I think Im a special one, which resulted in the media dubbing him The Special One. Mourinho recruited his backroom staff from Porto, consisting of assistant omnibus Baltemar Brito, fitness coach Rui Faria, chief scout André Villas-Boas, and goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro. He retained the services of Steve Clarke, a long-serving former player at Chelsea, who had also performed an assistant managerial-type role under previous managers at the club. In terms of sp wind uping, Mourinho carried on where his predecessor Claudio Ranieri left off, as, bankrolled by Roman Abramovich, he spent in excess of £70 million in transfer fees on players such as Tiago (£10 million) from Benfica, Michael Essien (£24.4 million) from Olympique Lyonnais, Didier Drogba (£24 million) from Olympique de Marseille, Mateja Kežman (£5. 4 milli...
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