Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has revealed, ahead of his team's round 16 clash with French side Paris Saint-Germain, that his players will not be receiving bonuses if they beat the Ligue 1 champions to make the quarter-finals.
After drawing 1-1 in the first-leg at the Parc des Princes, the European heavyweights will lock horns at Stamford Bridge in round 2 of their juicy match-up.
According to reports, Les Parisiens will award their players bonuses worth 250,000 euros (177,000 pounds) EACH if they secure progression at the expense of the Blues.
This, however, is something that goes against the former Real Madrid manager's beliefs. The 52-year-old claims that he and the Chelsea players are already paid enough and are in no need of bonuses.
The Special One said: "You know, for a long, long, long time, I don't have bonuses.
"I just have bonuses to win competitions. So I forgot that feeling. I had that feeling, but the last time was at Porto. I never had a bonus [like that] again and I don't think we should.
"The club pay us a very good salary to do our job the best we can.
"We do that job as best we can. If we take the club into quarterfinals, semifinals, finals, but we don't win the competition, we are doing a very good job for the club financially but I don't think we should get extra money, on top of our salaries, if we don't win the last prize.
"It's nice I think if somebody puts on the table 250,000 euros or pounds to win a certain match, it's nice. But I think professionalism goes above and beyond that.''
"Football is about our passion for the game, the happiness and the pride of victories. They have no price."
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