Chelsea boss Mourinho: Arsenal are title contenders

It leaves no space for speculation.

Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger are two coaches with great reputation and intense revelry, every season both men jab one another in a amusing (“specialist in failure” and “disrespectful coach”) and comic way. “[Loic] Remy wants to go back to the national team and has a Euro [2016] to play in a year in his own country”. “I don’t know why he did it. In my holidays I did zero interviews”. Is he obsessed with me? “He had a fantastic season for him and for his team”.

It would certainly be an interesting choice if it did happen – and maybe there will be the odd game this season where the Belgian takes over the armband to see if he can do the job well.

“What we want is not to listen too much to what people say. I think they are more than ready to be a title contender”, he said. We have lots of promising youngsters and just about all the senior midfielders and strikers nicked a goal or two in our run.

While City, Manchester United and Liverpool have all been active in the transfer market this summer, Chelsea’s own business so far has been relatively humble.

The Portuguese boss did not go into specifics when he defended the Blues’ recruiting policy last week, as the English champions bolstered their squad with the signings of Asmir Begovic and Radamel Falcao (on loan).

“The manager has said if I can keep my form, I am in the side”. I don’t want him crying or overreacting.

“I can just say that the analysis we did showed he is in good condition”.

The Gunners buzzword at the moment is “cohesion” and our captain Mikel Arteta believes we are on the brink of greatness.

The Chelsea boss has “begun the mind games before the Premier League season”, agrees Steve Brenner of The Guardian. He won three competitions last year, he reached the Copa America Final. he had a fantastic season for him and for his team.

The self-proclaimed Special One is no stranger to controversies and has had in run-ins with fellow Premier League managers in the past. Yes, it was only pre-season, but this team looks to be carrying over the confidence it had at the end of the last.