Previously it was reported that Chelsea could possibly include Oscar as part of their attempt to land Paul Pogba from Juventus. Pogba is certainly one of the top players on the market this summer transfer window. One team no longer in the running is Chelsea. Jose Mourinho reported it himself, in a way that only The Special One can.
“I think everybody has an interest in Pogba. But there are things you can do and things you cannot do. I love the Eiffel Tower but I can’t have the Eiffel Tower in my garden.”
So that leaves the big spending on Pogba to Manchester City this summer. The Guardian published Mourinho’s assessment of the transfer market this window:
“To go for somebody it’s because I lose somebody. It’s because somebody wants to leave and because somebody brings the perfect offer for Chelsea to accept. I think the market is inflated. I only have to look at what is happening in my own country. [Portugal] is a country in trouble generally – socially, politically, economically. It’s a country in trouble, people are suffering a lot, there have been a lot of cuts, old people have trouble with their pensions, tax is higher, salaries, jobs, everything.”
“This season Porto pay €20m for Imbula, they give Casillas an amazing salary, Sporting are paying millions for coaches and players. Football breaks every situation. This season we are saying: ‘Oh, look at this amount for Sterling.’ But it will be worse next season. Next season someone will pay £60m. Football is like this – one season is financial fair play, the next is a way to dribble [past] the financial fair play. It doesn’t upset me. I’m happy with the way that we are doing things I am happy with the challenge of fighting against this power. I told the players that we are the same team and the others are not the same team.
“I cannot stop opponents to make an assault to the banks and spend millions and millions. I cannot stop that. I cannot stop [that] the others have a feeling that we are playing against the champions.”
“The others are spending. The others are buying a lot to try to be better than us and the fact that we are the same – we are changing a goalkeeper for another one, a striker for another one.”
Other than the sale of Petr Cech to Arsenal, Stamford Bridge hasn’t done much this window. They’re still regarded to be the title favorites next season; in spite of all the moves made by every club. Chelsea has been linked to moves acquiring Pedro from Barcelona and John Stones from Everton.
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