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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

None of my players is leaving under any circumstances


Jose Mourinho insists he has no plans to sell any of his Chelsea squad as he looks to wrestle the balance of Premier League power back from the Manchester clubs.
Chelsea are desperate to land unsettled Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney before the transfer deadline closes at the end of next month with Demba Ba or Fernando Torres expected to leave to make room for the England star.
But Mourinho says he has no intention of selling anyone, while he also expressed his pleasure at having secured deals for winger Andre Schurrle, midfielder Marco van Ginkel and goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer early in the window.

'It depends on the philosophy of each one. The sooner you have the players the better. You know the squad you have, you know what you have to work with, you have time for that,' said Mourinho, speaking in Jakarta on the Blues' pre-season tour of Asia.
'The market is open until August 31 and many clubs are waiting to the last moment to make their decisions, and those decisions affect a number of other clubs.
'The one who sells has to go and buy, then they have to buy to replace, so no club is safe. Until the last minute, a club can go there and steal a player.

'I don't mean steal a player, but steal the balance that a manager has when he's working with a team. In that aspect, we are okay because we don't have players to sell, so none of my players is leaving under any circumstances.
'Many teams will be under pressure until the last moment without knowing how the squad is going to be.'
Mourinho on Monday confirmed that youngsters Nathaniel Chalobah, Josh McEachran, Lucas Piazon and Wallace will all be allowed to leave on loan this season.

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