Football: Mourinho, I'm not worried about job

Jose Mourinho is unfazed about speculation he is about to be sacked. Photo / AP

Jose Mourinho claims he isn't concerned about his future as Chelsea manager even if the rest of the football world is "excited" that he could be in danger of getting sacked.

Mourinho was given a vote of confidence by Blues owner Roman Abramovich earlier this month after Chelsea made a spluttering start to their defence of the English Premier League title.

They had won only one game since and were 15th on the table with five defeats in 10 games ahead of last night's match with Liverpool, prompting suggestions he could be dismissed if results don't improve immediately.

Yet Mourinho is unfazed by the sacking speculation and questioned why people are so keen to talk up his prospects of being axed.

"I am not worried about my job. I am not worried about my future," Mourinho said.

"I don't spend one second of my day thinking about it. It looks like you [the media] want to put a lot of pressure on me in relation to that.

"What I would like to understand is why some people can be so excited and happy with the perspective of somebody losing his job. It's sad.

"The Brendan [Rodgers] situation [at Liverpool], he was almost winning the Premier League. He was the Manager of the Year and suddenly people were really happy and working hard until he was sacked. It's strange. I don't belong to this world. I'm too emotional. I hate people losing jobs. Not in football, but in everything."

Mourinho said his only concern was reviving Chelsea, who saw their League Cup defence end in a penalty shootout defeat at Stoke on Wednesday.

The three matches before November's international break could be key, with Liverpool's visit to Stamford Bridge followed by a Champions League clash with Dynamo Kiev and a Premier League trip to Stoke.

"I am worried about the results. I am worried about winning on Saturday," Mourinho added.

It was put to Mourinho that bookmakers are already providing odds on his successor, but he said: "Don't speak with me about bets and odds. It's something that belongs to your culture, not to mine."

Abramovich has sacked seven managers over the course of his 12-year reign at Stamford Bridge, and Mourinho famously left the club in 2007 amid reports of a rift with the owner.