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Jose Mourinho is the most successful manager in Chelsea history and holds a special place in the hearts of Blues fans.
But this weekend he returns as manager of Manchester United, which puts the Stamford Bridge faithful in an awkward position.
How do they react to Mourinho now he is in charge of one of their biggest domestic rivals?
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While Mourinho may well get a good reception, it’s not unknown for players or managers to go from heroes to zeroes at a club.
Take a look at the gallery above to see the biggest heroes to zeroes for each of the Premier League’s 20 teams.
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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino pays tribute to Bournemouth’s Artur Boruc
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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino maintains a warm relationship with Artur Boruc but admits the Bournemouth goalkeeper was a tricky player to manage at Southampton.
Boruc faces Spurs on Saturday, hoping to avoid a repeat of last season’s meetings when Pochettino’s men prevailed 3-0 and 5-1.
Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in the five-goal mauling at the Vitality Stadium and Boruc endured a day to forget as he conceded an early penalty before twice spilling shots he should have held.
Pochettino worked with the former Celtic and Poland keeper during his year and a half at Southampton and says they maintain a close relationship.
“We had a nice time together at Southampton. He is very special and a great keeper,” Pochettino said.
"We have a very good relationship and after the games [last season] we hugged and we spoke, but not about football.
"That is because always after a game one of you is happy and one of you is sad. So always the talk is about the human relationships.
"All keepers are ‘special’ and he is no different. He is very emotional and he always found love and warmth for me. He’s a big guy.
“Was he easy to manage? No, but then big players and good players are always quite difficult to manage. You have to find a way.”
A Tottenham win this weekend would send them top of the Premier League table, for a few hours at least, and extend their unbeaten start to nine matches.
Bournemouth, however, have run into some form themselves, having taken seven points from their last three and thrashed Hull 6-1 last time out.
Pochettino insists there is no room for complacency, despite last season’s comfortable victories.
“I don’t like to look in the past. Last season we played well there and got the three points but every game is completely different,” the Argentinian said.
"We tell our squad always we need to be focused and live in the present. The past is in the past. Of course you can learn from it.
“But we need to go again and show we are better than Bournemouth and win the game.”
Harry Kane and Toby Alderweireld are both out with ankle and leg injuries respectively while Danny Rose is a doubt with a bruised foot.
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Wednesday night in Milan. During Southampton’s final training session at the San Siro, Charlie Austin pauses to capture the scene around him.
This moment is important. He looks up at those four towering stands and recalls the names of some of the giants who have played here. This is one of football’s cathedrals and to have chance to step on its turf is something Austin will cherish.
Yet as he takes all this in, one memory is vivid. It is about his time in non-League football. He thinks about his spell with Poole Town and remembers what it was like having to leave a building site early to catch a boat to play in an evening kick-off on the Isle of Wight.
‘I’d go home from work, get my gear, meet the lads and jump on the ferry,’ says Austin. ‘You would have work the next day, so no matter what happened in the game, there was no hanging around. The last ferry was 11pm. But it was brilliant. You did it because you loved football.’
From sailing across the Solent to leading Southampton’s attack in the San Siro, Austin’s journey has not been orthodox, but it is not a route he would change. This is a theme he reinforces during our conversation at his home in Compton, a small village in Hampshire.
Austin is currently one of the hottest strikers in the Premier League. A run of seven goals in his last seven appearances has led to increased calls for a return to the England squad, 16 months on from his sole call-up for games against the Republic of Ireland and Slovenia.
‘The experience I took away from being with the top-end English players was brilliant,’ Austin recalls. ‘I was frustrated I didn’t get the cap but I ticked a box in getting into the squad. If the opportunity comes again, I’ll grab it with both hands. Who knows what will happen?’
He knows critics will scoff at the idea of him representing England. Austin, by his own admission, doesn’t play with a style that is easy on the eye — he does not possess a blistering change of pace and has to contend with accusations that he is physically brittle.
But he scores. Austin might be a throwback to a different era — it could be argued, at 27, he is the last of a dying breed — but he’s clinical. Ronald Koeman wanted him at Southampton because, as he told Austin, ‘I was always in the right place at the right time’.
‘I had a conversation with Les Ferdinand about this when I was at QPR,’ says Austin. 'The problem now is everyone wants to be a No 10. Why doesn’t anyone want to be a centre forward that stands up there, heads it, puts his body in the way and attacks crosses coming in? That is a No 9.
'When I was growing up they never had forward players like Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino. We had Les Ferdinand, Alan Shearer. I watched Alan every single week. I thought he was fantastic — 260 Premier League goals. That will never be beaten, will it? I loved Alan and try to base my game on him. When we sit with analysts and watch a video in a team meeting of the opposition, of course I will take all that in.
'But I’ve always felt the opposition should worry about what I’m bringing to the table, not the other way around. I’ve never studied a centre half’s weaknesses.
'I’ve always thought, ‘I’ll find them out when I play’. It’s an old-fashioned approach, but it works. I think sometimes people can’t get their head around it.
'They question me: ‘Can he do this? Can he do that?’ But every club I’ve gone to, I have moved up. When I went to Burnley (from Swindon), people were saying, ‘League One is his level’. I scored 45 goals in 90 games for Burnley. I went to QPR, helped them get promoted. So people were saying, ‘He is a Championship striker’. I scored 18 goals in the Premier League.
‘Then people said, ‘Is this just one season?’ But then I arrived at Southampton (in January) and, for some reason, the credibility goes up. When you start scoring here, people maybe take a step back and say, ‘This is where he deserves to be’. I certainly believe that.’
All around his house is evidence to back that up. There are signed shirts on the wall of his games room from Daniel Sturridge and David Silva, with the likes of John Terry and Steven Gerrard among the others waiting to be hung.
There is a signed ball from the match he scored a hat-trick for QPR against West Brom in December 2014 that sits on a shelf to stop his four-year-old daughter Ava having games of her own in the hall, while the man-of-the-match award for last week’s double against Burnley will soon be in position.
He is, he says, happy, healthy and ‘never been fitter’. With those words introduced to the conversation, it is time to confront the subject of his failed medical at Hull in July 2013 and all that has followed, culminating in the claim from West Ham co-owner David Sullivan in August 2015 Austin had ‘no ligaments in his knee’.
‘I had an operation when I was 15,’ Austin begins. 'But I was only off for two months and I never looked back. When I signed for Swindon, they did a test and there was nothing. It was the same at Burnley. Then I went to Hull. My dad had come up from Bournemouth to be with me that day.
'It was big, wasn’t it? I was going to sign for a Premier League club. But they found something on the scan. Steve Bruce spoke to my dad and David (Threlfall, his agent) and they told me. At that point I said, “I don’t want to play any more”. It was the heat of the moment but I thought that was it.
'With West Ham, I can laugh about it now, I suppose. I was on my way into training and a mate of mine rang up and said, ‘Have you seen what David Sullivan has said about you?’ I hadn’t, so I looked at it and thought, ‘What is this!’
'If I had no ligaments, I wouldn’t be able to walk, would I?
‘I was annoyed, to be honest. Look how much it travelled around. It sticks in people’s minds, whether it is true or not. I just felt I had to act. What did it say about QPR if what he was saying was true? What did it say about me and my integrity? I had to make a statement.’
Austin described Sullivan’s comments as ‘outrageous’ at the time and he received an apology but closure did not arrive until he made another statement five weeks ago. This one came against West Ham at the London Stadium and was absolutely emphatic — a goal for Southampton to kick-start a 3-0 drubbing.
‘I’d made up my mind not to react,’ he says. ‘But it wasn’t until after I realised how delighted I was. I know people would have expected me to do something but I didn’t want to stoke the fire again. We played well, I scored. We battered them. The goal put the cherry on the top of the cake.’
Had there been any concerns about his knee, Southampton would not have paid £4million for him in January. It is only since he has been at St Mary’s, though, that Austin has taken on board what is required to stay ahead of the game.
‘I’ve changed my diet — not massively but enough to help me prevent injuries,’ Austin reveals. 'Yes, I eat nuts (like Pep Guardiola has introduced at Sunday’s opponents, Manchester City). Do you know what? I was never really mad for water.
'I couldn’t keep ramming it down my throat. Let’s be honest — it’s not great, is it? But (Southampton captain) Jose Fonte was the one. He’s one of the best athletes I’ve seen. Every day he’d say, “Drink plenty of water”. He lives by it. He’s adamant professional athletes should never get muscle tears.
'So I’ve lost body fat and put muscle on. It was a big eye opener. I am old fashioned. You can get stuck in your ways.
'But I knew I had to change. What did I do before? It wasn’t anything over the top. I’d come in after a game, have a takeaway and a couple of pints.
‘That is the way I have always been and I don’t think I will alter that too much. But now it is a case of having it at the right time. That is just something I have taken through. If you are happy off the pitch and your life is in order, you will get your rewards.’
And he is proof those words are not hollow. Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic may have denied him a fairytale goal on Thursday as Southampton lost 1-0, but the fact Austin played in such a game is a measure of how far he has progressed. This journey, however, has not reached its final destination.
‘It’s patience,’ he says. ‘A bit of luck, hard work. Having the right people around. Plus every team needs an out-and-out goalscorer. That’s what I am.’
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Mauricio Pochettino: This is what I thought about Artur Boruc’s howlers at Southampton
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Artur Boruc made a massive clanger when Mauricio Pochettino was in charge at Southampton
Tottenham take their unbeaten record to Bournemouth today with Boruc the goalkeeper standing in their way.
The eccentric Pole played under Pochettino at Southampton.
But the Argentinian had to keep his emotions in check back in November 2013 following Boruc’s blunder at Arsenal.
The keeper attempted three Cruyff turns in his own box as he tried to shake off Olivier Giroud but was easily dispossessed and left red-faced when the Frenchman put the ball into an empty net.
Pochettino said: “At the time we were upset because it was not only one, or two, it was three!
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Southampton youngster: I can follow in the footsteps of Gareth Bale and Luke Shaw
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Southampton academy ace McQueen impressed on his Premier League debut against Burnley last weekend before making his first start in Thursday night’s Europa League defeat at Italian giants Inter Milan. The local lad is the latest left back to roll off the St Mary’s production belt following Manchester United’s Shaw and Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale. “Saints have a good history of left backs,” said the 21-year-old, who is set to keep his place against Manchester City tomorrow with Ryan Bertrand and Matt Targett both injured. “I don’t want to think too much about that and put pressure on myself.
“We both wish each other the best. He sent me a nice message on Twitter after the Burnley game” “It is interesting but I will do everything I can. “Luke was a friend of mine, I played with him for years. “We both wish each other the best. He sent me a nice message on Twitter after the Burnley game. “It is a position I enjoy now but I won’t focus on the people I just focus on what I have to do. Everyone is a different player regardless of the position.
“I will be excited again if I am picked for City. Everything has snowballed a bit and long may it continue. “I have to take the chances when I am here. It is down to myself and I have to try and do what I have to do to give myself the best opportunity to get that chance again.” McQueen was transformed from winger to full back to help out Claude Puel in his first training sessions this summer – with first choice Bertrand absent. The youngster, who spent time on loan at Southend last season, impressed enough to persuade Puel to convert him full-time.
“It was just in pre-season,” he said. “I had played there before but the manager came in and saw that perhaps that is where I was suited. “It was within the first few days. It was in the first sort of session. Ryan Bertrand was out on international duty, so doing a game with two teams you need a second left back so I filled in for that. “I am going to do what the manager tells me and it has worked out and I am enjoying it. “I credit myself that I filled in so naturally and I am just enjoying working on getting better and better.”
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Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc was tricky to manage - Pochettino
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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino maintains a warm relationship with Artur Boruc but admits the Bournemouth goalkeeper was a tricky player to manage at Southampton.
Boruc faces Spurs on Saturday, hoping to avoid a repeat of last season’s meetings when Pochettino’s men trounced the Cherries 3-0 and 5-1.
Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in the five-goal mauling at the Vitality Stadium and Boruc endured a day to forget as he conceded an early penalty before twice spilling shots he should have held.
Pochettino worked with the eccentric stopper during his year and a half at Southampton and says they maintain a close relationship.
"We had a nice time together at Southampton. He is very special and a great keeper,’’ Pochettino said.
"We have a very good relationship and after the games (last season) we hugged and we spoke, but not about football.
"That is because always after a game one of you is happy and one of you is sad. So always the talk is about the human relationships.
"All keepers are ‘special’ and he is no different. He is very emotional and he always found love and warmth for me. He’s a big guy.
"Was he easy to manage? No, but then big players and good players are always quite difficult to manage. You have to find a way.’’
A Tottenham win this weekend would send them top of the Premier League table, for a few hours at least, and extend their unbeaten start to nine matches.
Bournemouth, however, have run into some form themselves, having taken seven points from their last three and thrashed Hull 6-1 last time out.
Pochettino insists there is no room for complacency, despite last season’s comfortable victories.
"I don’t like to look in the past. Last season we played well there and got the three points but every game is completely different,’’ the Argentinian said.
"We tell our squad always we need to be focused and live in the present. The past is in the past. Of course you can learn from it.
"But we need to go again and show we are better than Bournemouth and win the game.’’
Harry Kane and Toby Alderweireld are both out with ankle and leg injuries respectively while Danny Rose is a doubt with a bruised foot.
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It is two months until Christmas but Sam McQueen is already talking about snowballs.
Given what is happening in the 21-year-old’s career right now, one can understand why. McQueen was handed a daunting full debut against Inter Milan at San Siro on Thursday evening and is set for a second start at the Etihad when Southampton face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City on Sunday.
Injuries have opened up a place in the side for McQueen — Matt Targett and Ryan Bertrand have hamstring problems — but youngsters only need a sniff of a chance to make their mark. Just ask Marcus Rashford.
McQueen’s previous two senior appearances came from the bench and speaking after he put in a consummate performance against the Serie A giants he admitted still feeling nerves that are ‘only natural’.
‘Everything has snowballed a bit and long may it continue,’ he said. ‘I am wishing Matty gets back and gets fit and Berty as well but I have to take the chances when I am here. It is down to myself and I have to try and do what I have to do to give myself the best opportunity to get that chance again.’
McQueen was not even a left-back until Claude Puel became their manager in June and, after observing the player in his first training session, told him his future lay not on the left wing but further back.
Puel instructed his group to play an 11 vs 11 pre-season match at their Staplewood centre and Bertrand was away in France at the European Championships with England so McQueen filled in at full-back for one of the teams.
‘I am going to do what the manager tells me and it has worked out,’ the player said.
It is why he was used to playing regularly with Luke Shaw during their academy days, his former team-mate at full-back and he attacking down that flank.
Being a left-sided youngster to come through Southampton’s esteemed academy now comes with its own pressures due to their notable alumni.
Gareth Bale, whose humble beginnings came on the south coast, was previously the world’s most expensive player when he moved to Real Madrid for £85.3million in 2013.
Shaw was the planet’s most expensive teenager following his £31m transfer to Manchester United two years ago. McQueen, however, is trying to put that from his mind.
‘I don’t want to think too much about that,’ he said. ‘Luke was a friend of mine, I played with him for years. It is interesting, but I will do everything I can. It is a position I enjoy now but I won’t focus on other people I just focus on what I have to do.’
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