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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho reveals his love for TV box sets

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho gestures during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Southampton
Image: Jose Mourinho says he loves to catch up on his favourite TV before kick-off

Jose Mourinho has revealed he likes to kill time before kick-off at Stamford Bridge by watching TV box sets.

In the final minutes before the game, Mourinho believes that his work with his players is done - and he loves nothing more than to catch up on the latest blockbuster in his own private room.

The Chelsea manager told the Daily Mail: "I like to be in my little office at Stamford Bridge, lying there, watching a movie on my iPad. I hate it when the guy knocks on the door and tells you to come for the (TV) interview.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 31:  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and his staffs talk in the pitch after their team's 1-3 defear in the Barclays Premier League
Image: Mourinho is happy to leave the finishing touches to his assistants on matchdays

"I like to be there, not in the dressing room, but in my office waiting for the game - I like to watch TV series box sets. I'm always waiting for a new episode to come.

"At that time the players are warming up or they are in the dressing room. The assistants take care of the players and I have nothing to do in that period.

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"Sometimes the television is on and if we play the late game, then at 5pm I want to see other results."

Mourinho is also concerned at the diminishing number of opportunities for British managers in the Premier League and Sky Bet Championship; currently 13 top-flight clubs have a foreign coach.

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He added: "I think you should be concerned. I think the Premier League used to be quite a closed space for foreign managers.

"To come here, was not easy. To come here you had to do something serious to come here. When I first came here I think I did enough to deserve to be here.

"You come to a country that is number one in European football, to the championship that is number one, and you feel that you have to deserve to be here. Now it's too easy."

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