Photos: Mourinho claims Chelsea owner Roman Abrahamovic was never his friend' We are not close to each other

Jose Mourinho has made it clear he will only reflect on what was good at Chelsea when he returns to Stamford Bridge on Sunday for the first time since he departed last December.

‘When some managers leave clubs, they like to, I don’t know the right saying but in Portuguese it is “wash the dirty clothes”, the Manchester United manager explained with his own take on airing dirty linen in public ahead of what will be an emotionally charged afternoon in west London.

‘It means speak about what happened,’ he continued. ‘Go back and speak and speak and speak. I leave clubs with a very good feeling, the feeling of doing everything to succeed. I gave everything to the club. I don’t like to go back and speak about the bad things.

‘I want to keep the good things and at Chelsea I had so many good things, in terms of results, friends I have for life. I keep all these good memories. The other things ... I don’t forget, I keep it, but I keep it to myself.’

But then, when asked if Roman Abramovich, the man who brought him to Chelsea (twice) and bankrolled a spending spree which saw Mourinho bring success to the club (twice), was one of those friends Mourinho declared: ‘He was never my friend. We always had the relationship of owner-manager. It was a very respectful relationship. We were never friends. We were never close to each other.

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