Jose Mourinho will warn all of his Chelsea squad to do it his way next season or leave Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea secured back-to-back Barclays Premier League titles under Mourinho’s last regime, not to mention winning the FA Cup and also the League Cup twice.
However, since his acrimonious departure in September 2007, the Blues have also endured more than their fair share of negative headlines from air rifles fired in the training ground dressing room to John Terry’s bust-up with former team-mate Wayne Bridge and subsequent race row with Anton Ferdinand.
Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who is close to Mourinho, often lamented the rise of player power within the modern game and the Portuguese sees no issue with maintaining the image of the club during his second tenure after agreeing a four-year deal to return following his departure from Real Madrid.
“What Sir Alex says in relation to football and management is doctrine, it is the bible, so if he says that (about player power) with so many years of experience, I think he is correct,” said the new Chelsea boss.
“There is something I say whenever I go to a new club and I am going to say it again when I meet the players on July 8 and some of the boys will have heard it before from me.
“It is a sentence I always say on the first day: ‘If you are a top professional, if you are not a selfish person, if you put the club in front of yourself and if you are here to work 100% for me, for your fellow players and for the club, then wewill have a wonderful relationship.”