Mourinho rejects talk of unrest

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho has rejected claims there is dressing room unrest among his multi-million euro superstars.

The Blues coach, preparing for tomorrow night’s Carling Cup semi-final first leg at Wycombe, strongly refutes claims in both the English and German media that he has faced player unrest over Michael Ballack’s contribution to their season.

But Mourinho insisted: “Reports about problems in the dressing room are not correct. Do we want more from him [Ballack] in terms of performance? Not from him, from everybody.

“And if the objective is to put some kind of pressure on me then no chance because I pick the team, nobody else does it. Press opinions, other player opinions are not for me.

“Tomorrow he plays and I hope it is the first step for him to play his first English cup final.”