"Jose Mourinho called himself the biggest one as he reflected on his record-breaking Chelsea history before his latest Stamford Bridge return. The self-styled special one is back with Benfica for Tuesday night's Champions League tie and he repeated another famous old line of his to set the scene. Mourinho anticipates no hostility from Chelsea's supporters as he seeks to ignite his Benfica tenure, having only joined them 11 days ago after his sacking by Fenerbahce at the end of August."
"Chelsea is a winning machine that had in the past two or three years a moment without trophies, Mourinho said on Monday night, back at the stadium where he gave his original special one' press conference. But Chelsea won something before my time and then we start winning and then my team kept winning and then a transformation of new teams, new coaches, more trophies, European trophies, the biggest one and the Champions League. So Chelsea is a winning machine. I am the biggest one until someone wins four."
Jose Mourinho returned to Stamford Bridge as Benfica manager for a Champions League tie after being appointed 11 days following his Fenerbahce departure. He described himself as 'the biggest one' based on his three Premier League titles at Chelsea and insisted he remains the club's top figure until someone else wins four titles. Mourinho characterized Chelsea as a 'winning machine' that evolved through successive managers to collect domestic and European trophies, including the Champions League. He acknowledged past hostile receptions on return visits with Inter, Manchester United and Tottenham, noting his lone return victory came with Inter in 2009-10.
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