Hasselbaink opens up about the story of when he had to leave Chelsea.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, the famous former striker, opens up about the story of when he had to leave Chelsea after the arrival of Jose Mourinho.
The Dutch striker made his name at Leeds United before moving to Atletico Madrid and returning to England to join the Blues for a then-English record fee of £15million, where he established himself as one of the league’s top scorers.
Despite his impressive form. He became surplus to เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย requirements at Stamford Bridge. When Jose Mourinho took over in 2004 and was force to leave that summer.
“Jose (Mourinho) came to the club in 2004 and hinted that I could move,” the 52-year-old former striker told The Lineup via BetMGM. “There was no phone call or anything like that from him. Peter Kenyon (then Chelsea CEO) called my agent, that’s it.”
“I wish Jose would show some compassion and call me to explain this, but that’s football,” Hasselbaink said.
However, Hasselbaink revealed he met Mourinho afterwards and Mourinho apologised for the way he was treat, saying: “I met him afterwards and he apologise and said he shouldn’t have done that.”
“Football is a game of opinions and sometimes managers don’t like you. I went to Middlesbrough and scored 18 goals that season so I had a lot to show. But he needed a new striker and they went with (Didier) Drogba.”
With Jose Mourinho arriving from Porto, and Didier Drogba joining him from Marseille. Hasselbaink was quickly deemed suprlus to requirements and left the west London club to join Middlesbrough.
Reflecting back on his departure from Chelsea. Hasselbaink admitt that he was taken aback by Mourinho’s lack of decency and failure to even call him before he was let go.
