Jose Mourinho has declared that both Petr Cech and Thibaut Courtois will be at Chelsea next season, but knows that this will leave either keeper unhappy.
The Chelsea manager has a very difficult decision to make, as both keepers are amongst the best in the world and will expect to be first-team starters next year.
Cech has been at the club for many years, and is now categorised along with other legends at Stamford Bridge, while Courtois is already on his way to being the best keeper in the world.
Currently, Cech is number one at Chelsea but his place is under serious threat, with many tipping the Belgian keeper to take the spot in the starting eleven once the season begins.
It leaves Mourinho with a difficult call to make. ‘My situation for the season is fantastic,’ said Mourinho. ‘To have Cech and Courtois, the best young goalkeeper in the world and one of the top three or five experienced keepers, for me and Chelsea it’s perfect.”
“There’s no story. One will play and Chelsea will be in safe hands for good because both are very good players.’”
When it was then pointed out to Mourinho that one would be left unhappy, he said: ‘But the Chelsea supporters will be happy and they’re more important than players. If supporters have Cech or Courtois they will be happy because they know we’re in safe hands.”
By Ollie Brown
