“If there aren’t (any) severe injuries, he’s got a great chance to compete with teams like Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City”.
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The Blues boss has been eager to highlight the expenditure of chief competitors such as Arsenal and returned to the theme yesterday when outlining his vision for the new season’s title race.
And, while the 21-year-old accepts many of Arsenal’s players are all fully immersed in the modern social media culture, Oxlade-Chamberlain insists that does not make them any less determined to deliver on the pitch this season. “In England it’s more hard and we all know that”.
But asked if homegrown youngsters, such as Loftus-Cheek, feature in his plans for the upcoming season, Mourinho said: “It depends on him not on me”. I think nobody can complain because everyone is investing – you go to Watford, you go to Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Stoke, every club.
Last season Arsenal conceded only 13 goals in the last 19 games and Laurent Koscielny emerged as the best defender in the Premier League.
– Reuters pic, August 4, 2015.Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s previous disagreements with owner Roman Abramovich are over and he is ready to fight for his fourth Premier League title starting this weekend, the Portuguese said on Tuesday.
While both men were keen to downplay the importance of Mourinho’s run of 13 unbeaten games against Arsenal, Wenger said that the media’s focus on the statistic may have created “a bit of a psychological hurdle…in the heads of my players”.
The 21-year-old netted the all-important goal in his side’s 1-0 victory over bitter rivals Chelsea in the Community Shield on Sunday and feels he needs to score more often. Out of respect for my club, respect for football, I never refused a handshake with a manager in a football stadium.
The Premier League’s officials and club managers held a meeting on Tuesday in which they were told poor behaviour and squabbling amongst each other in technical areas would no longer be tolerated. “It hurt when you saw them walk up the [Wembley] stairs to lift it. It means a lot because you work all season to be here”.
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Whilst some may not take the game seriously and class it as a friendly, for everyone involved and the fans of those respective clubs winning the first trophy of the season is certainly important.
