The Chelsea chief executive said: “After the first week I didn’t feel Ranieri was up to the job. Having been around a winner like Sir Alex, Ranieri certainly didn’t come into that class, so we embarked on looking for a new manager.
“We came up with Mourinho who was young and different.
“We’d seen some of the best names but he was hungry and thought differently and I saw he had some of the same qualities as Alex Ferguson.
“He’s a winner and we were lucky enough to get him, and I think we’ve had some success since then.”
