Next Monday Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is due to hand the clubs hierarchy his end-of-season report along with suggestions for going forward which could see major changes to the team.
The Blues boss has some serious contract decisions to make over the summer regarding some of the clubs older players with club captain John Terry, Ashley Cole and club record goalscorer Franck Lampard all out of contract.
With his eye looking towards the future it would appear as if the Chelsea manager is ready to make some radical changes that will involve the clubs younger players starting with on loan goal keeper Thibaut Courtois returning from Atletico Madrid and Romelu Lukaku returning to the club after two years away with West Brom and Everton.
“I like to do things in a proper way, I like to be committed with my opinions, and I do that written always,” Mourinho said. “That’s the proper way, to do it officially.
“Clearly, Chelsea had a fantastic team that lasted for 10 years.
“That team is over. It doesn’t exist anymore. Chelsea needs to build another team with some similarities to that one. Some of these boys are still here, but not many of them. And Chelsea is building its future.
“You could see this season that these people were important to give some stability, to give some experience to the team, but obviously they’re not the players for the next 10 years.
“The players for the next 10 years have to be the Hazards, Oscars, Matic… these young guys are the guys for the next 10 years.”
The Portuguese manager also said that he had made up his mind about Belgium keeper Courtois, but was not ready yet to say what his decision was.
“I made a decision,” he said. “But I’m not the club. I’m the manager. I have an opinion. I informed the club about my opinion, not just a simple comment made in a corridor.
“My final report will have, in detail, this kind of case (Courtois) which you can compare with Lukaku.
“It was also a successful loan, a long loan in this case. I have my opinion very, very clear.
“That’s my job. My job is to analyse things, to have opinions, and to make my decisions. After that the club is the club and obviously I have to work for and with the club, and respect the club’s decisions.”
