{"id":1319,"date":"2025-01-09T17:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:38:04","slug":"i-became-a-cult-hero-at-chelsea-then-jose-mourinho-sold-me-without-a-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/i-became-a-cult-hero-at-chelsea-then-jose-mourinho-sold-me-without-a-call\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I became a cult hero at Chelsea \u2013 then Jose Mourinho sold me without a call\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jose Mourinho later apologised for his actions (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink<\/a> opened up about his departure from Chelsea<\/a> and said he never even received a phone call from manager Jose Mourinho<\/a> before he was sold.<\/p>\n

Having made a name for himself in the Premier League<\/a> at Leeds United, Hasselbaink\u00a0spent a year at Atletico Madrid before returning to the English top-flight with Chelsea.<\/p>\n

The \u00a315m fee paid to Atletico matched the then British transfer record but the Dutch striker quickly proved his worth at Stamford Bridge with a goal on his league debut against London rivals West Ham.<\/p>\n

And following the arrival of Claudio Ranieri, Hasselbaink\u00a0kicked on another gear, forming a deadly partnership with Eidur Gudjohnsen as he scored 46 league goals in his first two seasons at the club.<\/p>\n

While his output slowed down in the following two seasons, Hasselbaink was still the club’s top scorer in the 2003-04 season but saw his Chelsea future thrown into doubt following the sacking of Ranieri.<\/p>\n

With Jose Mourinho arriving from Porto, and Didier Drogba joining him from Marseille, Hasselbaink was quickly deemed suprlus to requirements and left the west London club to join Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

Reflecting back on his departure from Chelsea, Hasselbaink admitted that he was taken aback by Mourinho’s lack of decency and failure to even call him before he was let go.<\/p>\n

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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was Chelsea’s top scorer in three of his four seasons at Stamford Bridge (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hasselbaink struck up a deadly partnership with Eidur Gudjohnsen (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Jose [Mourinho] came to the club in 2004 and basically said that I could go,’ the 52-year-old told BetMGM<\/a>\u2019s The LineUp. <\/p>\n

‘There wasn\u2019t a phone call or anything like that from him. Peter Kenyon [then Chelsea chief executive] called my agent but that was about it.<\/p>\n

‘I would have loved Jose to have had the decency to have called me to explain it but that\u2019s football and these things happen.’<\/p>\n

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Didier Drogba’s arrivial signed the end for Hasselbaink at Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, Hasselbaink revealed that the two have crossed paths again more recently, with Mourinho apologising for the way he treated the striker that summer.<\/p>\n

‘I\u2019ve seen him since and he\u2019s apologised and said he shouldn\u2019t have done it like he did,’ the Dutchman added.<\/p>\n

‘Football is a game of opinions and sometimes managers just don\u2019t fancy you. <\/p>\n

‘I went to Middlesbrough and scored 18 goals that season so I still had a lot to offer, but he wanted a new striker and they got [Didier] Drogba.’<\/p>\n

After two years at Middlesbrough, Hasselbaink then spent a season at Charlton Athletic and Cardiff City respectively before retiring from professional football.<\/p>\n

The striker ended his career with an impressive 249 goals in 591 appearances, including a a fantastic record of 87 goals in 177 matches whilst at Chelsea.<\/p>\n

For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jose Mourinho later apologised for his actions (Picture: Getty) Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink opened up about his departure from Chelsea and said he never even received a phone call from manager Jose Mourinho before he was sold. Having made a name for himself in the Premier League at Leeds United, Hasselbaink\u00a0spent a year at Atletico Madrid…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions\/1326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}