Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho reveals arguments with owner Roman Abramovich

I am going to surprise a few people and pick Arsenal.

“The jury in my head would still be out on Liverpool”.

Oxlade-Chamberlain, 21, dismissed the criticism and said Arsenal were ready to push for their first league title since 2003-04. If I was Wenger, I’d get that quote laminated and framed – surely the biggest compliment he’s ever received from Mourinho.

“If you want to be pragmatic, like I normally am, I say in a simple way, they score, they didn’t concede”.

It is always up for some debate as to how important winning the Community Shield really is, particularly as the victor hasn’t gone on to lift the Premier League title that season since 2010, but the starting XI’s selected by the managers confirmed to everyone that both sides would certainly rather win this match than lose.

“Pre-season is false in many ways because you’re changing the team, everyone’s getting minutes, everyone is trying to get fit and you’re training hard”, he said.

Hector Bellerin described Arsenal’s 1-0 Community Shield victory against Chelsea as “a weight off our shoulders”.

Midfielder Aaron Ramsey is also confident Arsenal can take their momentum from the past couple of seasons and turn it into a serious title challenge.

Arsenal has had a strong preseason, winning the Barclays Asia Trophy while on tour in Singapore and lifting the Emirates Cup at home for the first time since 2010. Keane has however, reignited his feud with the North London club after complaining about the Arsenal FC players” interest in “selfies’.

Chelsea are aiming to become the first team to retain the title since Manchester United in 2009 and Mourinho believes it will be the usual clubs challenging them.

Juve, who also won the Coppa Italia and made the UEFA Champions League final last season, have lost Carlos Tevez, Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal during the close-season.

Arsène Wenger has recommended that José Mourinho check the “real statistics” if he wants to scrutinise Arsenal’s transfer policy, citing his record of developing young players and adding that he does not think it worth listening to the Chelsea manager.

“We know what we are capable of doing, have a great squad, and are just as excited as well about what this season might hold for us”, he said.

“I must honestly say that (beating Mourinho) didn’t play on my mind at all”.

“We need to keep a high level of urgency to start well because last year we had a problem”.