He is open to Chelsea’s move for FC Tokyo forward Yoshinori Muto, Jose Mourinho accepts but asserts the club would not sign a player who does not have a chance of competing for a first-team place.
The Japanese club’s president Naoki Ogane adduced Chelsea have abided a “formal offer” for the 22-year-old ,earlier this week who scored 13 goals in the J-League last season.
In February, Chelsea broadcast a new five-year shirt guardianship contract at the sum of £40 million with the Japanese tyre manufacturer Yokohama Rubber Company, and Mourinho indicates the club’s move for Muto could be affected by their commercial ties.
“I don’t think about players, I don’t think about next season, I don’t think of anything after QPR. That’s modern football, that’s modern management so there is something that in modern management you cannot close completely the door to a little bit of commercial interests but at the same time a football club is always a football club and a top football club has only space for very good players or at least very good prospects. So no we would never bring a player if the player has no capacity to be in the Chelsea football squad. In modern football and football is a business, is an industry, you have to think about the financial situation, especially a club like Chelsea that wants always to be under the rules of Financial Fair Play. But we are a football club, we want to win matches and trophies, but we don’t get players if we don’t believe the player is a good player or prospect, that is for sure.” said Mourinho
Mourinho been questioned how much he knew about Muto, Mourinho answered: "I know a little, yes. I don’t think it’s nice for me to speak about a player that plays for FC Tokyo. If the FC Tokyo coach speaks about my players I wouldn’t be happy.”
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