Chelsea is probably the only English side who afraid of defeat more than joy of winning; we have seen how manager behaved like an insured manager in the last season when he kept issuing media statements that everyone is after them and wants to restrict their victory match towards the top. This season too, Portuguese does not want to risk anything hence when Filipe Luis departure was ensured, 52-year-old decided to refill his space with another midfielder in the current transfer window itself. This could be too early to analysis his tactics, but apparently it looks like he wants to secure each of its field spared before first game of the next season begins and experts are calling it Blues’ premature response to a transfer. If we look at who is on the radar of North Londoners, Everton’s John Stones is on the top; however, if we rely on the today’s newspapers, most of them hint Mourinho has agreed a deal with Atletico Madrid to get back Luis into his side.
Anyways, without revealing anything about secret talks with the Spanish club, former Real Madrid manager talks about their next target and if they are lacking more players in the field, calling his team a ‘happy club’ he stated ahead of their preseason opener against the New York Red Bulls in the International Champions Cup, “In this moment we need a left-back, because I think we are selling Filipe Luis now or tomorrow. But I think we will sell Filipe Luis. We need to go the market, we need to find a club that accepts a bid until Aug. 31, and we are going for a left-back. In other positions we have no space.”
Taking a deep breath over available options in the midfield, second term serving manager added, “We are a very happy group. The players feel it. We are a club in peace. We are a club where our future has to be bright. But imagine if somebody comes with a bid on Aug. 29 and we are happy with the bid, the player is happy to leave. We must be ready. If we speak about new players at the moment we speak about the balance of the squad, which is a balanced squad.
“That is the market,” he added over Stones, arrival and said, “You only pay it if you want. If you don’t want to pay it, don’t pay. It’s as simple as that. The market has no rules or limits from season to season.”