Chelsea boss Grant: I respect Mourinho

He said: “I am a normal person. I have my own philosophy.

“I respect everything that was here in the past and I’m sure what I do in the future will be respected.

“I fully respect Jose Mourinho. In the two months we worked together I enjoyed working with him. I respect everything he did for the club.

“In the three years here he had a lot of success. I want to follow that success and make things of my own.”

He added: “In all of the world there are billions of people and they are all different. Not two people have the same opinion.”