Jose Mourinho final interview before being sacked as Chelsea manager - 'sometimes I'm too emotional'

Mourinho will appear on BT Sport tonight

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will appear in a pre-recorded interivew on BT Sport tonight, his final one as a Chelsea manager.

The Blues made the shock decision to sack the highly successful Portuguese with the club just a point above the relegation zone - Mourinho led Chelsea to the Premier League title last season.

In a pre-recorded segment for The Clare Balding Show recorded this week and which airs tonight at 8pm on BT Sport 1, Mourinho, obviously unaware he will no longer be Chelsea boss by the weekend, says that he is "sometimes too emotional" and that he needs to work better with the players.

"I give everything I have, sometimes maybe too much, sometimes maybe too emotional," he says. "But I do that with every club, so for me I did that with everyone but the only one where I wear the shirt twice was Chelsea because I was in the club where I was. I left and I came back so I would say Chelsea, but I have also to confess that Inter was really special and Porto was my beginning. I can’t forget that and a giant like Real Madrid is also an honour to manage."

Mourinho also attempted to appeal to his players, who have to take some blame for their awful performances this season.

"I think they need to like to work with me, I think they need to understand that I am the best manager they can work with, I think that is very, very important," he said about the Chelsea squad.

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"Like me, don’t like me, the person, the man, big friends, that’s a supplement, but I think it’s fundamental that the manager is somebody the players can look at and know that he’s good.

"I always establish the impossible target and I tell them this is the impossible target but the target is to win every match. They know that is impossible and this season is proving that is really impossible.

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"But I think it’s the target, you have to go to every match, it doesn’t matter which competition it is and you want to win and you feel that you can win, I think that’s the important thing."

Guus Hiddink is expected to be named as interim coach until the end of the season.

Jose Mourinho was speaking ahead of his appearance on the new series of The Clare Balding Show. To see the full interview watch BT Sport 1 from 8pm tonight or on BBC Two at 10pm tomorrow