BECAUSE NOBODY HAS been talking about Jose Mourinho for at least a week, the Chelsea manager last night questioned Luis Suarez’s suitability to represent the Premier League as both the player’s and football writer’s Player of the Year.
Instead, the former Real Madrid boss suggested that Manchester City’s Edin Dzeko should have won the awards because of “how he behaves and doesn’t dive”
Mourinho was responding to a question regarding what had changed since his first spell at Stamford Bridge between 2004-2007 and said it was the English media who had “changed a little, because the profile of player that wins the Player of the Year is not the profile of the player that used to win in English football 10 years ago.”
“He [Suarez] bites not this season, the previous season. This is a different season so I’m not speaking about one mistake that a man can have, and you will have to be punished for the rest of your life if you make a mistake, so that’s not the point for me.
“My player of the year would be always from the champions. So if the champion is Man City, I think I would choose Dzeko.
“Why? Because he was the third striker at the beginning of the season, and when the team needed him, in crucial moments of the season, he made the difference. Sixteen goals for the third striker is something spectacular.
“Also, he’s not just a goal-scorer, he assists, he plays, he behaves, he’s fair, he doesn’t dive, doesn’t try to put opponents on the stands with accumulation of cards.”
Mourinho added he would give the award to Steven Gerrard if Liverpool do win the League today.
