I'm coming to get you! Mourinho issues warning to rivals... and refuses to give up on United outcast Rooney

Mourinho declined to name Rooney but said: ‘You know which players — we can sniff a situation and always in an ethical way.’

The club will make another bid, believed to be in the region of £40million, for the United striker this week.
Chelsea had considered Robert Lewandowski as an alternative but he has agreed a wage hike to stay at
Borussia Dortmund for another year before joining Bayern Munich next summer.
Chelsea will hold talks with Samuel Eto’o’s representatives on Tuesday as they consider a short-term offer.

Unsettled: Wayne Rooney watched the first half of United's match against Swansea from the bench

All smiles: Abramovich looked happy with the way in which Chelsea kicked off their campaign

The Portuguese received a hero’s welcome as he returned to the home dug-out for the first time in four years. Chelsea raced into a two-goal lead — and Frank Lampard had a penalty saved.
Mourinho later underlined his determination to land Rooney — adding a sideswipe in Arsenal’s direction over their attempts to sign Liverpool’s Luis Suarez.
‘We will try till the last day to add a new player to the squad,’ he said. ‘A striker. I don’t think it’s ethical I name players who belong to other clubs. If we have to make a bid, we make it in an official way.

Banner: Mourinho was welcomed back with open arms by the Chelsea supporters

'We don’t speak to players but to clubs. We don’t try to influence players to behave in a certain way, as other clubs do. We behave in the correct manner and we’ll try for that until the last day of the window.’
Owner Roman Abramovich had given a pre-match pep talk.

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‘We had Mr Abramovich in the dressing room with us for the first time in five years before the match, which means a lot to everyone in the group,’ he said.
Hull boss Steve Bruce said: ‘What a difference to 12 months ago. The whole ground is behind him, the Special One has come back.’

Pick that one out: Frank Lampard netted a free-kick after missing a penalty for the Blues