Jose Mourinho WILL appeal FA rap after Chelsea boss received fine and suspended ban for his comments about referees

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will appeal his £50,000 Football Association fine and suspended stadium ban after claiming he must 'be honest with myself' even if it risks further trouble.

Mourinho labelled his fine and suspended stadium ban for misconduct 'a disgrace' on Thursday and a day later he hit out at the FA as he prepared for Saturday's visit of Aston Villa in the Barclays Premier League.

And the Portuguese coach admitted he was perhaps being 'naive' in considering the core of English football as being held by passionate fans rather than its governing body. 

Jose Mourinho will appeal against the £50,000 fine and one-match suspended stadium ban imposed on him

Mourinho said he had to be 'honest' with himself but that the punishment would stop him expressing himself

The FA issued Mourinho with its written reasons for his punishment this week after his Southampton rant

The FA issued Mourinho with its written reasons for his punishment this week and he says it marks a point where he must refrain from expressing his opinions. 

But despite his stated refrain, the Chelsea boss couldn't resist a dig at the FA – while also bizarrely hinting that he would happily work for them one day as England manager.

'I have to be honest with myself. It's the most important thing so I have to appeal,' Mourinho said.

'The moment we got the written reasons and I decided to appeal is the moment to stop with my opinions and not to add anything more than I did already. I think I was very objective in my sadness facing the situation.'

'Maybe I am naive but for me, English football and its fans and passion for the game, are what makes me like so much this country and the football in this country is not the FA.

'If one day I have to work for that people I will.'

Having witnessed a sketchy start to the season which sees Chelsea down in 16th in the Premier League, just above the relegation zone, Villa – themselves enduring a bad spell – visit Stamford Bridge knowing that the cloak of invincibility for Mourinho there has been removed.

The Chelsea manager seemed to bizarrely hint that he could one day work with the FA in the England job

Mourinho received the ban after a seven-minute rant about referees after Chelsea's defeat to Southampton

Chelsea's under-fire boss admitted that teams travel to SW6 no longer in fear of the champions

And Chelsea's under-fire boss admitted that teams travel to SW6 no longer in fear of the champions.

'One thing is to go to a stadium where there is a huge percentage of defeats for the away team. Another thing is to go to a stadium where the home team in the last four games has won only once,' he said.

'I really believe every team coming to Stamford Bridge doesn't fear us. They think they can get a result.'

Mourinho is assessing his options to fill the vacant right back position with four potential options this weekend

Branislav Ivanovic will miss this weekend's game after a hamstring injury suffered on international duty

The Blues are without Branislav Ivanovic after the Serbian defender suffered a hamstring tear on international duty.

Mourinho is set to hand Kurt Zouma a place at right back in a bid to combat the aerial threat of Rudy Gestede, but on Friday he kept his cards close to his chest, saying he had four replacement options.

'We have only Ivanovic injured. (Thibaut) Courtois is recovering. Everybody else is well.

'I have four solutions. I have (Cesar) Azpilicueta, I have adaptations for Ramires, I have Ola Aina, a boy with potential.'