Jose
Mourinho says he is not expecting any of his squad to leave Stamford Bridge
during the January transfer window.
And the Chelsea manager admits it looks very unlikely whether he will be
adding to his side before the market closes on February 2.
Andre Schurrle and Mohamed Salah have been linked with moves, although
Mourinho says both are in the squad for this weekend’s FA Cup fourth round
visit of Bradford and expects them to remain with the Premier League leaders
for the rest of the campaign.
When asked whether Chelsea will be involved over the next 10 days, he said:
"The club doesn't move. We don't move. Our desire is to keep the same squad.
"The window is open but what I can say. I like them, I need them and I trust
them. We are happy with the players, we are happy with the work we did in
the summer to prepare for the season, and it reflects the trust we have in
the group.
"We don't want to be involved in the transfer window. If we have to be it's
because somebody pushed us, with some offer for one of our players.
'Nothing should happen'
"Sometimes we have needs, like we had in the past transfer windows where we
sold some players. The reality is normally nothing should happen in the next
two weeks and we should go to February with the same squad.”
Speaking about Schurrle, who has been linked with a move to Wolfsburg, he
added: “He’s selected for Saturday, he played against Swansea last week,
wasn’t selected for Liverpool (in midweek) and he’s in for the cup.”
And he said the same applied to Egyptian winger Salah who will also be
involved with the cup squad this weekend.
“The reality is nothing should happen in the next two weeks and we should
reach February with the same squad," he said.
“And we don’t have any one in place should someone leave,” he added,
reacting to a question that Fiorentina's Colombia winger Juan Cuadrado has
been spoken of as a potential target.
"I shouldn't make any comments about players from other clubs. You speak
about Cuadrado, you can speak about 10, 20 players.
"It's my job to know them all. I think he fits well in Fiorentina's squad
and Colombia's squad, not in Chelsea's squad."
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