This is the start of everything.
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Having said that, if all goes to Jose’s plan, Chelsea will be leaving The Hawthorns with 3 points in hand and a season back on track.
“We normally train very well, but we trained better than ever. Why?”
“For me, it was one minute“.
Pedro could now make his debut on Sunday away to West Brom after insisting earlier this week that he would be fit to play.
The Spain worldwide left Barcelona for Stamford Bridge in a £21.4m deal on Thursday, ending a summer of speculation which had him linked predominantly with United.
Pedro will wear number 17 jersey, whereas his fellow new signing Baba Rahman will now wear his preferred number 6 jersey. He is another one who this week, clearly, has showed that he is not happy, and I am very happy when I feel that the players are not happy. “‘Is it true that you want to leave Barcelona?'” It’s my home, but it’s time for me to move‘.
“I think when Manchester United wants a player he shall come, except when the club is not selling”, declared Van Gaal.
“I only want to beat United on the pitch, if that’s possible”, he told a press conference at the club’s training ground.
The former Real Madrid boss has acrimonious history with Barcelona.
“I like him. I admire what he’s achieved, it’s remarkable”.
“Any change requires an adaptation period, but language would not be a problem because the language of football is universal”.
“People used to call it the transfer window”.
In these last two weeks it’s an “opportunity window”.
“While the window is open there is always an opportunity”.
Mourinho again refused to speak about Everton’s John Stones, despite Chelsea’s evident interest in the centre-back, but said that signings could still happen.
Mourinho confirmed that Thibaut Courtois would replace Asmir Begovic in goal after serving a one-game ban and said that captain John Terry could return to the team despite being taken off at half-time at City.
But Mourinho said Terry was withdrawn due to his lack of pace and on Friday the manager said that he may utilise quicker defenders and different formations more often.
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Hazard was voted player of the year when Chelsea finished eight points clear in the Premier League last season but too often the London club were overly reliant on the Belgium winger to make things tick for them in an attacking sense.
