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Much has been made of Chelsea’s failure to attract a box-office name from outside the Premier League this summer.

Arsene Wenger admits Sunday’s Community Shield victory over Chelsea has given his Arsenal side a huge lift heading into the new season.

Chelsea are reportedly set to improve their offer for John Stones.

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.

CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho found a new target for his criticism after his team was lucky to escape with a 2-2 draw at home against Swansea to kick off its English Premier League title defence.

They had to travel to Wembley without Alexis Sanchez, Danny Welbeck and David Ospina but Chelsea had injury woes of their own.

“Unfortunately, we didn’t get the rub of the green today”, Norwich coach Alex Neil said.

United have scored more than a quarter of the goals in their entire history in the 23 seasons of the Premier League – while their next loss will bring an unwanted record of achieving their 1,500th loss in the top flight.

Chelsea were fortunate not to become the first ever Premier League champions to start their title defence with defeat after Swansea threatened an opening-day upset.

Gomis had a goal ruled out for offside after his spot-kick, but Swansea had to settle for a point – which was the least they deserved for an impressive display as Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was unable celebrate signing a new four-year deal with a win.

An abject Champions League campaign ended last season before the quarterfinals at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, delaying Mourinho’s bid to become the first manager to win European football’s top prize with three different clubs after successes with Porto and Inter...

He said: “It’s a very, very competitive league where each team gives absolutely everything they’ve got in every game they play“.

Chelsea say manager Jose Mourinho has signed a new four-year contract which will keep him at the club until 2019.

Diego Costa aside, Chelsea were very fortunate with injuries last season.

Furthermore, history isn’t on the Gunners side – just seven out of the 23 winners of the Community Shield have later won the Premier League title.