While the Chelsea manager wants to bulk out his
squad a little to maintain competition, he is more
concerned with holding onto the stars of his title-
winning side
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says that his
No.1 transfer priority this summer is to keep hold
of his best players, but has promised three new
signings.
After the Blues comfortably won back the Premier
League title in 2014-15, the Portuguese is keen to
maintain their winning mentality without making
sweeping changes to the squad.
Though he wants to replace departing striker
Didier Drogba as well as to add a little extra
competition to his ranks, Mourinho expects to hav
to fight off rival clubs who might try to buy his
stars.
"In other seasons, I was very happy to sell a few
players - even good ones - but this year I'm not
happy to sell my best players so the real challeng
is to keep them," the Portuguese is quoted in the
Mirror .
"If I keep [Eden] Hazard, [Nemanja] Matic,
[Branislav] Ivanovic, Diego Costa and [Cesc]
Fabregas, that's the first target.
"I think we need three players - a striker, because
we lost our legend [Drogba], a defender and a
midfielder to give a little more competitiveness to
the squad, bring some new blood in and put some
of the team a little bit under pressure.
"They need to know there is someone waiting to
take their place - now they are the champions, I
need that to sustain my way of working. But
basically, I want to keep the same players, the
same squad, the same manager, and bring stabilit
to the club."
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