Soccer is perhaps the only game where any player’s absence from the game, even for a single one, is being interpreted with several different means even if it is just a regular ousted from the team. Especially in English soccer where whenever a player is asked to sit outside, media starts thinking or linking him with other clubs and exaggeratedly highlights it as he himself is looking for a switch. Chelsea, the stunning leader this season, is one such side who is facing these kinds of reports for its goalie Petr Cech who could not play for the Blues off late and after arrival of Thibaut Courtois as number one choice to secure the goal post, rumors started that Czech international could be looking for a second home. According to some reports, clubs like Real Madrid, AC Milan, Arsenal, and Paris Saint-Germain are interested in hiring him if North Londoners decide to relieve him. But, rubbishing all the reports, Chelsea’s manager Jose Mourinho has called all those media portals as the ‘Mickey Mouse’ websites who say they are going to let him go anywhere. Mourinho called his 32-year-old goalie as the integral part for the squad hence no one should assume anything about his future on the basis of few absences from the field.
He talked about this issue in great detail in the press conference ahead of their clash with West Bromwich Albion and said, “Are you telling me that or asking me that? On which Mickey Mouse website? On which Mickey Mouse blog?
“At this moment, news is coming instantly. News born every day, every minute, every second. Some news are not even signed. Some website, some blocks, we don’t even know where we get the news. I promise you I tell you the truth. On my desk, normally from my board’s desk the information arrives, I have zero. Zero proposals.
“I believe in what is happening at this moment. At this moment, Petr Cech is our goalkeeper and has a contract for two more years. He’s a fantastic professional and puts the team’s interests first. Not once has Petr Cech knocked on my door to inform me of his desire to accept some proposal. This is my truth. Nothing more I can say.”
Although, Cech missed most of the club games this season, but for national side, he is still the number choice on the goal post and played all Czech Republic’s Euro 2016 qualifiers, so there is no question of his losing form or growing age.