Chelsea may sell Oscar or Hazard
telegraph
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho warns Oscar, Eden Hazard and André Schürrle improve or leave the club
Trio of midfielders told to improve by Portuguese or risk being sold on in the summer transfer window
Jose Mourinho has told Oscar, Eden Hazard and André Schürrle that they must improve, with at least one of the expensive trio expected to leave the club this summer. Chelsea anticipate offers for Hazard and Oscar and it now seems increasingly likely one of them could be sold, with Paris St-Germain interested in them both.
Mourinho has criticised Hazard for not being a team player and suggested Oscar, a Brazil international, may have been saving himself for this summers World Cup. He said: I think he was our best player for months, from August to November or December. He was absolutely fantastic. And after that he was up and down.
He arrived in the crucial moment of the season in a down. Injuries, couldnt train, was trying to arrive to the game but didnt, was a doubt for the game, the game was too big to play with a doubtful player, so he arrived in the crucial moment of the season in a low. I can imagine, in a couple of weeks, he will be in a high and during the World Cup he will be in a high.
Asked whether he felt Oscar, who is crucial to Brazils plans, was already thinking of the World Cup, Mourinho said enigmatically: There are things you cant resolve.
Mourinho, whose side can go top of the Premier League by beating Norwich City on Sunday, said the performances of Oscar and Hazard compared unfavourably with those of fellow midfielder Willian, although publicly the manager said he thought all of them would stay.
Willian has improved. But you cant succeed with everybody. At the end of the day, its up to them. You try to help, but its up to them. Everyone who is in an age of improvement needs to improve. Everyone. Would you lose any of those if they dont have the ability to improve I think they will stay. Schürrle had a good season Not bad, but next season must be better. [Mohamed] Salah, Oscar, Willian, Hazard, all of them are in an age of improvement.
Chelsea plan to sign the Atlético Madrid pair of striker Diego Costa, for £31.5 million, and left-back Filipe Luis for £16 million. They will recall goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from his loan at the Spanish club. Petr Cech will this week undergo surgery on his dislocated shoulder, which will rule him out for the start of next season.
Trio of midfielders told to improve by Portuguese or risk being sold on in the summer transfer window
Jose Mourinho has told Oscar, Eden Hazard and André Schürrle that they must improve, with at least one of the expensive trio expected to leave the club this summer. Chelsea anticipate offers for Hazard and Oscar and it now seems increasingly likely one of them could be sold, with Paris St-Germain interested in them both.
Mourinho has criticised Hazard for not being a team player and suggested Oscar, a Brazil international, may have been saving himself for this summers World Cup. He said: I think he was our best player for months, from August to November or December. He was absolutely fantastic. And after that he was up and down.
He arrived in the crucial moment of the season in a down. Injuries, couldnt train, was trying to arrive to the game but didnt, was a doubt for the game, the game was too big to play with a doubtful player, so he arrived in the crucial moment of the season in a low. I can imagine, in a couple of weeks, he will be in a high and during the World Cup he will be in a high.
Asked whether he felt Oscar, who is crucial to Brazils plans, was already thinking of the World Cup, Mourinho said enigmatically: There are things you cant resolve.
Mourinho, whose side can go top of the Premier League by beating Norwich City on Sunday, said the performances of Oscar and Hazard compared unfavourably with those of fellow midfielder Willian, although publicly the manager said he thought all of them would stay.
Willian has improved. But you cant succeed with everybody. At the end of the day, its up to them. You try to help, but its up to them. Everyone who is in an age of improvement needs to improve. Everyone. Would you lose any of those if they dont have the ability to improve I think they will stay. Schürrle had a good season Not bad, but next season must be better. [Mohamed] Salah, Oscar, Willian, Hazard, all of them are in an age of improvement.
Chelsea plan to sign the Atlético Madrid pair of striker Diego Costa, for £31.5 million, and left-back Filipe Luis for £16 million. They will recall goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from his loan at the Spanish club. Petr Cech will this week undergo surgery on his dislocated shoulder, which will rule him out for the start of next season.
