After the Blues comfortably won back the Premier League title in 2014-15, the Portuguese is keen to maintain that winning mentality without making sweeping changes to the squad.
Though he wants to replace departing striker Didier Drogba and add a little extra competition to his ranks, Mourinho expects to have to fight off rival clubs that might try to buy his stars.
"In other seasons, I was very happy to sell a few players — even good ones — but this year I'm not happy to sell my best players so the real challenge is to keep them," the Portuguese is quoted in the Mirror. "If I keep [Eden] Hazard, [Nemanja] Matic, [Branislav] Ivanovic, Diego Costa and [Cesc] Fabregas, that's the first target.Credit: George Ankers/Goal
"I think we need three players — a striker, because we lost our legend [Drogba], a defender and a midfielder to give a little more competitiveness to the squad, bring some new blood in and put some of the team a little bit under pressure. They need to know there is someone waiting to take their place — now they are the champions, I need that to sustain my way of working. But basically, I want to keep the same players, the same squad, the same manager, and bring stability to the club."
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