Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has hinted of Petr Cech being sold. Mourinho was full of praise for Thibaut Courtois and talked up back-up stopper Mark Schwarzer, but curiously said little about the man who joined Chelsea in 2004.
"Petr is ready to fight for his position but Thibaut is the best young goalkeeper in the world, no doubts about that.
"They will fight and for me it's a good problem to have to make a decision.
"We are a club that wants to be strong and wants to have a real possibility of competing for trophies and we want competition for places.
"But I know that Mark Schwarzer is a very good keeper, very stable and a good man, completely ready to be our second goalkeeper like he was last season and to give positive performances if we need him to play.
"So if he's our second goalkeeper, we will feel very safe with him."
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