Mourinho on Petr Cech starting on the bench against Burnley last night:
"Petr Cech was disappointed but football is sometimes like this, players can often be unhappy and be unhappy with managers. But between the group of players and their mates they have to be supportive,”
"I hope he doesn't want to go and I hope he doesn't have offers to go and if he does have offers he refuses to go. I would be delighted to have two of the best goalkeepers in the world in my squad.
"I don't make decisions for the season, I make decisions for a match.” (Sky Sports)
Jose Mourinho went on to say: "Obviously a goalkeeper is not a player you are changing match after match. You must give a bit of stability, but this is about performances"
Mourinho faces a selection dilemma: Then “Cudicini-Cech” Now “Cech-Courtios”
“Ten years ago I also had a very difficult decision to make when we had (Carlo) Cudicini giving fantastic performances in Chelsea's goal for many years. I had in my hands a 22-year-old goalkeeper (Cech) I thought could be in Chelsea's goals for years and years and years and this situation is quite similar” - Jose
"But Petr is an amazing goalkeeper and the difference between them is 10 years, and we have to think about the future of the club and I made the decision to give the goal to Courtois”
"He only knew my decision this morning. He fought hard for his place in pre-season. Obviously he's ready to play. How does he behave? In a professional way, which is what we expect from him because he was always a fantastic professional”
"I hope that he'll fight for his place and he will not sit in a comfortable chair and accept the position. He's a winner and he's a fighter and he will fight for his place."
Petr Cech has made 326 Premier League appearances for Chelsea and has record a 161 clean sheets since joining the club in 2004.
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