Jose Mourinho chooses Courtois above Cech Jose Mourinho has left no-one in any doubt that he opposes the sale of Petr Cech to Arsenal but the bottom line is that he himself sowed the seeds for this most unlikely of transfers last summer. Did he regard Thibaut Courtois or Petr Cech as his number one? Would Cech’s experience and a decade spent winning every club trophy possible with Chelsea count for more than the raw brilliance of Courtois? Mourinho clearly agonised over the decision but, with Courtois unwilling to sign a new five-year contract without being confident he would be the new number one, he was backed into a corner. Two goalkeepers with contracts that expired in 2016 and...
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