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Jose Mourinho has confirmed Chelsea will be without Willian and most probably Pedro too for Saturday’s crucial Premier League game against Arsenal.

Full-back Coleman and midfielder Besic both came off in the 3-1 home win over Chelsea last weekend due to hamstring problems.

He insists he has nothing to prove and also bristled when it was suggested he had an issue at staying with clubs for the longer term, countering the suggestion his third season was when everything goes wrong.

“You can not improve your team for the Champions League – you have to try to improve for the national competition”.

Chelsea are reportedly ready to offer Victor Valdes an escape from Manchester United – if he can reach an agreement to leave Old Trafford.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has taken aim at critics who have claimed he always struggles in his third season at a club.

Even before kick-off Mourinho had walked out of an interview with BT Sport when asked about John Stones, the Everton defender he failed to sign. Normally, losing a starter less than ten minutes into the game is a bad thing.

The 23-year-old had spent the second-half of last season out on loan to Fiorentina and impressed in his short tenure with the Italians, leading the club to offer Chelsea a deal to make the move permanent, which Salah declined in apparent breach of his contract according to the club.

The biggest flop, according to the survey, was Angel Di Maria, who cost United £59.7m but who was sold after just one season to Paris St Germain for £44m. Serie A is also back in the top 2 with €579m spent on squad renovation. Manchester City spent the highest amount of the...

At Stamford Bridge, Mikel Obi watched from the substitute’s bench as Chelsea suffered a shock 2-1 defeat in the hands of Crystal Palace.

Chelsea new-boy Papy Djilobodji already has one over on his team-mates.

Let’s preview and predict this matchup.

In a match that also featured six yellow cards Arsenal dominated possession but were far from their dazzling attacking best and have only scored three goals, including two own-goals, in four games this season.

“So, I also read about Mr Van Gaal having 28 players and being happy”.

“It’s hard to overcome a Chelsea team and their manager here”, he said.