Unhappy Mourinho considered quitting

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho, seen here on April 15, has admitted he was close to walking out on Chelsea earlier this season because the club does not get as much credit as it deserves.

Jose Mourinho has admitted he was close to walking out on Chelsea earlier this season because the club does not get as much credit as it deserves.

The Portuguese boss of the English Premiership champions said he felt like a man whose wife does not love him when he was at his lowest ebb, despite guiding the west London team to their most successful season ever, winnning the title, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals and getting into the Champions League knock-out phase.

But it was when Barcelona knocked the Blues out of Europe that he hit rock bottom.

"It is a feeling you have inside that this club deserves much more. It's not easy to work in these circumstances. It's very difficult," he said after Chelsea's title triumph on Saturday.

"It's like the man loves a woman but the woman doesn't love him, so why is he married? He has to think about a divorce. It's a similar situation."

Mourinho repeated his belief that the world is against Chelsea because of their success and the immense financial backing of multi-millionaire Roman Abramovich.

The Blues boss also thinks the Football Association treat his club unfairly and, as evidence, he pointed to Chelsea's 10,000 pounds (17,500 dollars) fine for failing to control their players against West Brom.

And he grumbled about never winning manager of the month and accused the press of favouring Barcelona when the two sides met.

"Chelsea are always treated in a negative way. The low point was when the English press helped to take away Chelsea's possibilities of winning the Champions League. You have a big responsibility on that," he said.

Mourinho never thought about joining another club, though, and is still in love with the team that gave him his fourth successive national title Saturday - he won two in a row with Porto in Portugal before joining Chelsea and winning the title in his first season.

"This is an optimistic club and the people above me in administration believe very much. I am with them. I don't want to turn my back on this fantastic club and these fantastic people.

"I have a contract until 2010. It wasn't a question of changing my mind. It was just that during the season I was getting some negative feelings about my future.

"I didn't have to speak to anyone above me at the club. They are very intelligent people. They smell it. We kept together all the time.

"It's easy for this club to persuade you and create good feelings about the future and I am very much looking forward."

Mourinho saw his team beat closest challengers Manchester United 3-0 on Saturday to clinch back-to-back titles. However, he feels Chelsea's financial clout actually hinders him in the transfer market, despite the fact the club can outbid every other team in the world for any player they choose.

"I should be the happiest manager in the world but I am not.

"We can achieve and win but it's never enough. For a manager, it is the worst club you can work at."

"I want to sell this glass of water. There are two markets for the glass of water. There is one market of 200 teams and one market of one team.

"The glass of water costs two pounds (three and a half dollars) to the 200 teams but it costs 200 pounds (350 dollars) for one team. But it is the same glass of water.

"I am not guilty if my team spends one zero more than the other teams."