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Souness says Chelsea should go with Cech over Courtois

Liverpool legend Graeme Souness says Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho should go with Petr Cech over Thibaut Courtois.Chelsea open their Premier League campaign at Burnley tonight.

"Someone's going to be an unhappy goalkeeper," Souness told Sky Sports News.

"Courtois has been outstanding in Spanish football and we saw him at the World Cup.

"He looks to be a quality performer but there's still a question mark because he's not done it in the Premier League. There's no reason why he shouldn't do it in the Premier League, but to just park Petr Cech, I think there's an element of risk to that.

"I personally wouldn't have done that. I'm reading the papers and it seems that's what is going to happen. If it's not broken, why try and fix it?

"Cech is a proper goalkeeper and I imagine in the dressing room he is a proper lad as well. So if he's out of the team, sitting in that dressing room, he'll have an influence."

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