Jose Mourinho has reportedly identified four star players who he would be willing to offload in order to fund an overhaul at strugglers Chelsea.
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Eden Hazard has denied having a strained relationship with Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho and suggested he wants to stay at the Premier League champions.
The discussion between the pair led to a tactical switch which has left the Belgian more confident that he could yet recapture the form that made him last season’s double Footballer of the Year.
The victory lifts Jose Mourinho’s side above Norwich into 15th place in the Premier League, still 12 points behind Arsenal in the fourth and final Champions League position. I’ve heard a lot of things about this, but no. Everything is good with him. He is the best manager. “We hope we can win a lot of trophies together”, Hazard said as quoted by BBC Sport. League leaders Leicester City have double the points and with one-third of the season already done with, the ascent to the top looks increasingly hard.
Hazard has revealed he held training ground talks with Mourinho regarding his dip in performances this season and believes he is benefitting from his move to a more central role.
“If I had to choose somebody to score the winning goal, I would go exactly with him”.
“Everything is connected. I think when you are full of confidence it’s not just about goals, it’s also about – I don’t know if it’s the right word – but fluent”.
“[Against Norwich was] very much the same”.
And after a rare Chelsea clean sheet this season, Blues supporters were quick to praise the decision – and Kenedy’s mature display. I won a lot, too.
“I just want to be on the pitch and, if I play number 10 or on the flanks, it’s not a problem”.
However, De Bruyne spoke of his dissatisfaction shortly before leaving Chelsea for Wolfsburg after he “didn’t get any explanation” from Mourinho about how to earn more playing time, per Mark Ogden of the Telegraph.
“If I ask for players, or if the club gives me a handful of players, it’s like taking the responsibility (away from) us and saying we need extra to reach our objectives”. We didn’t start well this season, everybody knows that. “I hope I can get a lot of form and help the team to win games”.
The 27-year-old will be looking to add to his tally when Chelsea travel to Maccabi Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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“When you don’t score goals, you get heavier and the pressure is there”, said Mourinho about the player who has come in for growing criticism, after struggling to recapture the form he showed during his Chelsea’s march to the Premier League title last season.
