Sheva admits Jose complaint

Andrei Shevchenko has admitted that he has had issues with Jose Mourinho.

The Ukrainian struggled initially when he joined Chelsea last summer and he claims Mourinho's man-management left something to be desired.

Shevchenko also believes Mourinho had doubts about where to fit him into the Chelsea system.

"Yes it's true I've complained about Mourinho - but there a lot of things which drove me to do that," Shevchenko was quoted in The Mirror, as telling a German website.

"The manager never spoke to me or played me in a position where my strengths lie.

"It's also no secret that I was more on Mr Abramovich's wish list than the manager's."

Shevchenko concedes it was difficult to be left out of the Chelsea starting line-up at times earlier this season and insists he would have been happy to leave the club on loan in January.

However, the forward has found some good form in recent weeks and he is adamant there is no longer any trouble.

"For the first time in my career a manager said in public that I didn't completely fit in with his plan," Shevchenko recalled.

"That's not exactly great motivation. If he thinks that, why am I here?

"He is a tactical fox and has strict beliefs. But I've had better managers.

"In January if the club had loaned me out I wouldn't have had anything against it.

"But that's not an issue now."