The Manchester United player Chelsea fear ahead of Stamford Bridge clash

“When I played there with Inter, before that I never lost a match at Stamford Bridge because I had that home record that is still in the Guinness (World Records)”, Mourinho said.

Manchester United star Marcus Rashford insists that his club are in a similar situation to that of Sunday’s opponents Chelsea. For this reason, I continue to repeat: this new season for Chelsea is very important.

14 points from eight games isn’t a stat any manager that spent close to £200 million in the transfer market will be proud of yet this is exactly the predicament Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho finds himself after the funfair by fans after his appointment as Louis Van Gaal’s successor in the summer. I don’t know. They can think about me and remember our great relationship and have a good reaction, or they can look at me and think for those 90 minutes that I am the United manager and he is playing against us, so he is not somebody that we like at the moment.

Sunday evening, Manchester United travels to London for the shock of the weekend in the English Championship. “I will shake his hand and greet him on Sunday”.

“I think we chatted a couple of times on the phone – he asked if I was alright at Liverpool [where Moses spent the 2013-14 season on loan], but that was it”.

“We must pay attention on all the players and find the right solution when we have the ball and when we are without the ball”.

“For me, that’s important”. “But now, together with the players, I hope to work for many years to build something important – for the present and for the future”. This is not right, this is not a good way for Chelsea, to concede so many goals. A dismayed home support took their frustrations out on the players a few days later as they beat Sunderland comfortably, with the interim manager, Guus Hiddink, looking on from Roman Abramovich’s box in the west stand.

I keep the good things – and, at Chelsea, I had so many good things, so many good things in terms of results, so many good things in friends that I have for life, an unbelievable empathy with the supporters. I accepted it in a polite way and we signed the papers. I’d like to see them open up and hit them on the counter-attack as they have done in big games in previous years.

“We are in a period where some teams are having easier fixtures”.

With tough defender Branislav Ivanovic (muscle) and midfielder Cesc Fabregas (thigh) out with injuries, Chelsea have taken a knock in their preparations for the big clash. “This week he came back to the training sessions with the Under-21s and next week I want him to come with us and then start a new life for him!”