Mourinho's back! Chelsea boss talks Rooney, Eto'o, Luiz and his return to the Premier League.

Jose Mourinho has insisted he still wants Wayne Rooney to join Chelsea, despite Manchester United's insistence the England striker is not for sale.
The Blues manager, speaking ahead of his side's opening weekend clash against Hull City, said there is one player he wants to add to his squad, following his words on Chelsea's pre-season tour that their targets are 'Rooney or bust.'
Another striker linked with Chelsea is Anzhi Makhachkala forward Samuel Eto'o, who won the Champions League under Mourinho at Inter Milan in 2010.

But the Chelsea boss seemed determined to focus his transfer wish-list on Rooney, saying: 'I'm just a Chelsea manager, as every one of us (managers) looking always to try to strengthen your squad.
'We all say no, but we lie. Until the last day when the market is open, we all are waiting for something to happen.
'Even when we say we're very happy with our squad, we lie, because we want always to make it better.

'We will see what happens, not just with us, with Man United, with everybody else, and see if we can improve our squad, a squad that I like.
'I'm not lying when I say I like (the squad), and I'm not lying when I say I'm enjoying very much to work with these young people, some of them first steps in the Premier League.
'I'm happy a player who worked with me before says he wants to join me again, especially one like Samuel, but we are trying to get one player and we will see what happens.'
Mourinho also confirmed that centre-half David Luiz would not be leaving the club, and revealed his delight at returning to English football after leaving Chelsea under a cloud in 2007.
He said: 'We want to keep him and we understand that a big club like Barcelona wants the best and tried to get one of the best central defenders in the world, but we are being very honest by saying there is no chance David Luiz is leaving.
'I am back in my favourite competition and favourite football country to work. I want to be seen as some, not being British, someone very much connected with this football country.
 
I work for my club but at the same time for English football and now I think I’m better than ever. Experience helps us as managers and makes us better. We are not like players when experience changes us to the negative side.
'I look to improve my players and give a contribution to my club to be better and better. We are a very young squad with a lot of young players and I look forward to the salt and pepper of football, that’s the unpredictability of every game, of who will win, qualify for the top four, who will be relegated.
'Let’s go for it, full of joy. Every fan’s the same. I go to SB, I go to my people but I want to say to everybody who goes to football, I am one of them. I am not just a “blue”. I try to give joy to everybody.'
Taking on Hull on Sunday sees Mourinho's title favourites face one of the Premier League's minnows, with Steve Bruce's men promoted from the Championship.
But it is not a challenge the Portuguese boss is taking lightly.
'Our start is difficult. I don't like to play against teams from a lower division, who come with a fantastic mentality. It's not like a team that stayed up on the last day of the season.

 
'It happened when I was Inter with Bari. They came up from Serie B and drew 2-2 at the San Siro.'
Mourinho will take his squad to train at Stamford Bridge on the eve of the Hull contest, so they can experience their surroundings before the competitive action begins.
The Portuguese, who returned to Stamford Bridge with Inter in March 2010, will also take the opportunity to savour his surroundings ahead of an expected emotional return to a club where he is adored.
'I go tomorrow, so I try to feel something tomorrow and some Sunday,' Mourinho added.
'That's why I want to go there tomorrow, not just for me, also for the boys who don't even know where the dressing room is. To be back there is a different feeling.
'I had that when I played at Stamford Bridge with Inter, but now I go to my dugout, I go to my stadium, I go to my people, so I have to control (my emotions) a little bit, because I will feel something different, for sure.

 
'But a couple of minutes and after that I have to be focused on the game. I think the fans before the match will focus on me and Roman (Abramovich, the Chelsea owner).
'Me because I'm back and Roman because he celebrates 10 years in the club and the club owes him so much.
'After two minutes they have to forget us and they have to focus on the game and the team and support the players in the team.'
Mourinho is confident his team are one of six sides vying for the title in a competition he believes is collectively stronger than the one he left nearly six years ago.
He said: 'I believe it is stronger because there is a bigger number of teams that can fight for the title, probably stronger because I think more balance, but I think a few years ago the better teams were better.'