Chelsea transfer news: Jose Mourinho admits Mohamed Salah and Andre Schurrle may leave

Asked whether Salah and Schurrle will definitely be Chelsea players when the transfer window shuts, Mourinho replied: I cannot say that. The window is open, but what I can say is I like them, I need them and I trust them. I cannot select the same 18 players every game, I only can play 11. Salah is not playing a lot, Schurrle more than him.

I don't know if a deal is to happen. If my club tells me we have a certain offer for a certain player we think is a good movement for us, because we work in the rules of Financial Fair Play.sometimes we have needs, like we had in the past transfer windows where we sold some players.

The club doesn't move. We don't move. Our desire is to keep the same squad, which reflects that we are happy with the players, that we are happy with the work we did in the summer to prepare the season and reflects the trust we have in the group. If possible, we don't want to be involved in the transfer window. If we have to be, it's because somebody pushed us with some offer for our player.

The question is to have a phenomenal offer and a player to be super keen of accept a new challenge in his career. We don't want to sell our players.

Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado has emerged as Chelseas top target to replace either Salah or Schurrle, with Shakhtar Donetsk star Douglas Costa another option.

If one player moves, then we will bring somebody in, yes, said Mourinho. Cuadrado is a player from Fiorentina. I shouldn't make any comments about players from other clubs. You speak about Cuadrado, you can speak about 10, 20, 30 players. I am in trouble if I dont know the player because my son does. It's my job to know them all.

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