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Mourinho may come back to coach Real: Defender Arbeloa
Madrid: Defender Alvaro Arbeloa has said “there is a chance that Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho” may return to manage former club Real Madrid in the future, although he highlighted that the Portuguese is happy in his current club where he is not “stalked” like he was in Spain.
“I don’t know when, but there is a chance he may return to Real Madrid. I don’t believe he caused a rift amongst the Bernabeu faithful,” he was quoted as saying by marca.com on Thursday.
“I’m a Mourinho fan and I sometimes try to emulate him. I try to do things a certain way, never making excuses or fearing who I am.”
Mourinho coached Real Madrid for three years from 2010 but then left the club with mutual consent after getting involved in several controversies.
Regarding Mourinho’s departure from the club, Arbeloa said he was not left alone in the dressing room when the Portuguese moved to Chelsea: “I had friends like Xabi Alonso, Raul Albiol, Jose Callejon. who have all since left, but I get on well with all the lads here now”.
He said his relationship with goalkeeper Iker Casillas, which broke down during Mourinho’s time at the club, has improved and the rift is part of “ancient history”.
“We don’t have any problems with each other now; we didn’t need to talk about it, time always heals this sort of thing”, he said.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.