( CNN ) -- It 's taken less than a year for Jose Mourinho to go from being the `` Happy One '' to the `` Unhappy One '' -- - and the Chelsea manager has pinned the blame squarely on the shoulders of the media for his mood swing . A favorite with British journalists due to his pithy comments , Mourinho is less pleased with Canal Football Club after the French football show broadcast an interview in which he appeared to criticize his club 's strikers . Former Barcelona star Samuel Eto ' o , $ 80 million signing Fernando Torres and Senegal international Demba Ba have struggled for goals in the English Premier League this season , netting just 11 times between them . Mourinho is unhappy because he did n't know he was being filmed at the time he made the comments . `` I really think it was a disgrace that somebody is recording a private conversation when obviously we do n't know , '' a scowling Mourinho said ahead of Wednesday 's Champions League tie against Galatasaray . However Canal Football Club 's chief editor and anchor Herve Mathoux was unrepentant . `` We are fully comfortable with this interview , '' Mathoux told CNN . `` We are very surprised by Jose Mourinho 's comments , claiming it was off the record . The camera was located 50 centimeters , maybe one meter away from him . It was a tight close up . `` The discussion was informal , but it was held in the middle of a large group of people , including our cameraman . So there is no way Mourinho could ignore he was filmed . '' On Monday , Canal Plus published a video on its website , in which Mourinho commented : `` The problem with Chelsea is we lack a scorer . I have one ( Eto ' o ) but he 's 32 . Maybe 35 , who knows ? '' The video has since reportedly been deleted by the French television channel , though Mathoux told CNN he was n't aware of its removal . `` These videos come and go all the time . By definition they have quite a short lifespan , '' he said . However , British media analyst , journalist and broadcaster Steve Hewlett said he had sympathy for the Portuguese coach over the way he had been treated . `` Generally speaking you should n't record a private conversation unless there is a significant public interest anyway , '' Hewlett told CNN . `` In this case it 's hard to see any public interest at all . `` A few comments he makes about a particular player would n't seem to me to pass any public interest test . I 'm not saying it 's not interesting , especially to a Chelsea fan . `` He 's not what you 'd call a media ingÃ©nue . He knows what he 's doing . I 'm sure he 'll play this for all it 's worth but on the face of it he would appear to have a case . '' Mourinho spoke on Tuesday to both defend Eto ' o and attack the media , with whom he has had a love-hate relationship throughout his career . `` I think you should be a bit embarrassed as it is against the ethics that you have in your work , '' said Mourinho , who returned as Chelsea manager last June after spells with Inter Milan and Real Madrid . Mourinho signed Eto ' o at Inter and brought the four-time African player of the year to London from Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala on a one-year deal to bolster Chelsea 's strike force this season . While Eto ' o may no longer be the potent poacher he was for Barcelona in front of goal , Mourinho underlined his respect for the Cameroon international , who has scored eight goals this season for the English Premier League leaders . `` From my perspective the comment is not a good one , it 's not something I would do in an official interview , '' the 51-year-old said . `` Firstly because I do n't make fun and there are managers who really defend their players and I am obviously one of them . `` Thirdly Samuel Eto ' o is Samuel Eto ' o . He 's four times a Champions League winner . It was with him that I had the best ever season of my career . `` There is no story , I repeat , it was a funny conversation between me and somebody that does not belong to the football world . `` From my own point of view , is it an unhappy comment ? Absolutely , but I think by the ethical point of view , it ( the situation ) is a real disgrace . ''
Jose Mourinho says the broadcast of a private conversation is `` a disgrace '' and he has no regrets about his decision to use it as an excuse for not playing in the Champions League. Mourinho said media should be `` embarrassed '' by its unethical behavior . French TV station Canal Plus `` fully comfortable '' about decision to publish interview .