Steven Gerrard makes Jose Mourinho admission after backing out of Chelsea transfer

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A key topic was Chelsea's interest and what tempted him to consider a move."A phone number on my phone that I didn't recognise [was how I learned of Chelsea's interest]," Gerrard revealed. "I called it back and it was Jose Mourinho."I was coming into a really good time and I felt confident.

I was consistent and I felt like I could go up against anyone. Rightly or wrongly, my relationship with Rafa was strong from a football perspective, but very cold in terms of man management compared to [Gerard] Houllier."I was having conversations with Rafa where he was saying, 'I know your agent's speaking to Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Chelsea', which wasn't the case, by the way.

He was saying to me, 'are you sure you want to be here?' and I was getting doubts."But to cut a long story short, I ended up signing the new deal with Liverpool and was extremely happy. "It was tempting, of course it was."Financially they're offering you double your money, but for me it was all about how I was going to stay one of the best midfielders in the Premier League and how I was going to keep my England place.