'No Second Bid For Stones'  (Sky Sports)

Jose Mourinho says he has not made a second bid for John Stones and is happy to start the new season with his current Chelsea squad.

Everton this month rejected the Premier League champions' initial £20m offer for Stones, and Roberto Martinez criticised Mourinho for making his interest public.

Sky sources have indicated Chelsea are prepared to up their bid for Stones, and England team-mate Gary Cahill has made it clear the centre-half would be welcome at Stamford Bridge.

But Mourinho, who this week risked angering Everton by describing them as a "smaller club", said after his side's friendly defeat against New York Red Bulls there was nothing new to report.

And he added: "You are speaking with the manager of the best team in England. We are a top team, we have top players. We don't need other players, we trust these players."

One obvious hole in Mourinho's squad is at left-back, with Filipe Luis' imminent return to Atletico Madrid leaving Cesar Azpilicueta as the only recognised specialist.

The Luis deal is done, according to Mourinho, who said: "We sold Filipe. We have the best left-back in England -Azpilicueta."