-Jose Mourinho; source: Guardian
"If we win the title, I
think we'll go on an
after-season tour, play
a couple of matches in
some destination where
people will be very
enthusiastic to have the
Premier League
champions."
"It's something we are
thinking about, a good
way to celebrate. Not a
victory parade but a
trip, a week where we
play a couple of
matches but, at the
same time, can be
together without the
pressure of winning
every match, without
the pressure and
tension of the last
weeks of the Premier
League."
"We can also relax and
go to holidays with that
good feeling. But we still
have nine matches to
play. [The chairman]
Bruce Buck and the
board are talking with
me about destinations.
We want to go
somewhere where
people are enthusiastic
to have a club like
Chelsea."
These sorts of things Just be planned ahead. They don't just happen
overnight, I suppose. Even last year, letters were sent to local
residents about a possible victory parade. And then Chelsea lost to
Sunderland. Liverpool also had planned an open-top bus parade before
not winning the Premier League title. I'm sure there are many more
such examples of putting the cart before the horse. It's a necessary
evil of living inorganized society. But now that it's out in public,
I guess we better make sure we do win it! That said, the rumors are of
a post-season tour of Japan (clad in Yokohama-branded gear from
head-to-toe, I'm sure), followed by perhaps a pre-season tour of the
USA. India had been rumored at one point for the summer of 2015, but
that seems to have fallen by the wayside.
