Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has laughed off rumors linking Barcelona’s Lionel Messi with a move to the Blues.
Messi sparked a fierce amount of press coverage after claiming that he was unsure of his long term future with the Catalan club last week.
However, Mourinho has said that he is adamant that Messi to Chelsea is just a fabricated story.
“My reaction is that your world [the media] changed so much that our world [football] also changed so much.
“And I think, in this moment, it’s so easy, so easy to have non-truths circulating.
“It’s so easy that some people put news without confirming or speaks about rumours. Obviously it’s [Messi going to Chelsea] not true. Obviously it’s not true.”
The Portuguese coach also hit out at the Ballon d’Or award, saying that he disliked the prestigious honor.
“This kind of trophy is not good for football,” he added. “This is why I don’t care about it.
“Sometimes it looks like we are looking for stars, we are looking for some people to be more important than others. And this is not the culture we want in this club. I don’t care about it. But it’s there. It’s there as a consequence of the good work the team is doing. And, if they feel that, okay. It’s good for them.
“But the mentality here is not to be worried about that. Even less being obsessed with that.
“When I see these two names, [Chelsea duo Cesc] Fabregas and [Eden] Hazard, I think clearly they don’t think about it. They think about the team, about playing well and trying to win matches.”