The World Cup-winning coach just cannot see a problem.

I mean, where is the pressure in having to win a trophy or two every season and create football history along the way?

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That’s the ‘easy’ task the Stamford Bridge boss has set himself and his star-studded squad.

Yes that is exactly the word he used — easy!

And not just once!

How bold can you get?

But is the man nicknamed Big Phil about to make a big fool of himself with his big talk? Don’t bet on it.

My hour-long, lunchtime chat with him at the luxurious Grand Lisboa hotel here in Macau would have convinced even the most committed sceptic that this guy means business.

Remember there are those that claim 59-year-old Scolari is at Chelsea only to fill his pockets with a £6million salary in the twilight of his career.

Important

But the man himself claims he is here to chase glory — not run all the way to the bank.

He said: “I am a coach for only five or six more years maximum and, if I lose here, I lose a big chance in my life and I know that.

“So when I arrived at Chelsea I spoke to my players and said: ‘I want to win every competition. I want you to focus on ALL the competitions. They are all important to me’.”

Scolari clearly sees this as probably his last chance to secure a lasting legacy.

He added: “I have made history by being the first coach from Brazil in the English game. This is fantastic for me.

“And I could be the first Brazilian coach to win the Premier League.

“The first coach to win the Libertadores in South America and the Champions League.

“But it’s not just about me making history.

“I want to make history for Chelsea too.“

The recently departed Avram Grant did that last season by leading the Blues to the final of the Champions League for the first time in the club’s 103-year existence.

Yet even that did not save his neck.

But the Israeli’s successor acknowledges that the insatiable demands for success and the inevitable dangers of failure with a dismissive shrug of the shoulders.

Scolari scoffed: “There is no more pressure at Chelsea than at any of the top clubs.

“If I had gone to Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid or Valencia it is all the same.

Simple

“Even if I go back to Brazil it would be the same — all big clubs want to win.”

But wouldn’t he be granted more time to succeed away from a club that fired its last manager for reaching two finals and finishing runners-up to European champions Manchester United in the Premier League.

A derisive laugh follows such a suggestion.

He said: “Do you know what is happening in Brazil now?

“They have played something like 14 games and they have changed 14 coaches!”

But how on earth can he think his new post is such a simple task?

He admitted: “Yes in one way it is very difficult for me because Chelsea are a top club and I need to win.

“I need to win one or two competitions a year — minimum.

“That is my dream, it is the dream of the fans, the board, and of everyone at Chelsea and we work towards this.

“But I can have no excuses. Because at the same time this is an easy job because I have such great staff.”

And because of that his role as the man in charge has changed.

He explained: “Until now I was more of a coach than a manager.

Money

“But now I have Steve Clarke as a coach and Murtosa Flavio Teixeira as a coach and I can tell them: ‘Steve, Murtosa these are your players for training’ and I just stand and watch.

“Every now and again I say: ‘No, stop. Please do this and do that. Change this and change that’.

“And then the doctor, the physios give me every single piece of information I need — ‘this player has a problem with this and this one a problem with that’. So I have everything.”

But mention the seemingly limitless amounts of money at his disposal and again there is an instant reaction.

He said: “Yes this is an easy job but not because of the money.

“If we talk about money, some clubs in Europe have spent far more money than Chelsea right now.

“I have only bought Deco so far this season while Jose Bosingwa was bought before me.

“And maybe we will only get one more player in the future because the market closes on August 31.”

Scolari makes it clear he aims to work on garnering and grooming new, young talent rather than resorting to the considerable resources of Russian owner Roman Abramovich.

He explained: “When Jose Mourinho came, Chelsea bought many, many players.

“Now all the clubs in the world — if Chelsea say they want this player — they want us to pay double the price.

Spine

“So I need to work with this team and I need to build some players up and bring in young players for the future.”

And he insisted he will not be afraid to blood those youngsters this season — even in the Champions League.

He said: “In Brazil I built and groomed many young players by using them in all the competitions that we had to play.

“Some- times putting them in the team or on the bench but every day they were training with the first team. So at Chelsea I will try to do the same thing and maybe I will put them in the Champions League.

“Some people will say ‘Why not try them first in the Carling Cup?’ and my answer will be: ‘What is the difference?’

“Ok if it is the semi-final or the final then perhaps you might think about it.

“But I have the chance to arrive in three finals so there will be plenty of opportunities.“

Scolari revealed he will build his Chelsea side around a core of six or seven key players and shuffle the rest of his pack.

“I will have a spine to my team and then I will pick the other players depending on the opponents and how they play and the problems they will give us.

“That is when I might change three or four players.“

Inevitably then, part of his time will be spent massaging bruised egos as a consequence.

He said: “Some players take it well and some players don’t take it well.

“But it is my job to keep all the players happy and to keep them motivated.“

Unfortunately for Scolari, that might not be as “easy” as he thinks.