Mourinho: One of Mikel, Torres, Cech has to go

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, is desperately looking for suitors for one of John Mikel Obi, Fernando Torres, and Petr Cech so that his squad will not exceed the quota for foreign players.

The Football Association in England allows clubs to name only 17 foreign players over the age of 21 in their official 25-man squads and Chelsea have 18 overseas players already vying for those places.

British authoritative newspaper, Telegraph, reports that Mourinho has decided that one of Torres, Cech or Mikel will be asked to leave the club this summer.

“From the group you are expecting us to have as a squad, I have to send one away because we have one extra foreign player.

“So from all these players, if you think all of them have to stay, you are wrong. One of them has to go,” Mourinho said.

As it is now, Chelsea will be hoping that Atletico Madrid take Torres back, while Monaco are understood to have looked at his situation in case Radamel Falcao leaves.

Should Chelsea fail to sell Torres or Mikel – who has thus far not generated much interest – Mourinho may be forced to consider Paris Saint-Germain’s offer for goalkeeper Cech.

The sale of Cech would allow Mourinho to use Englishmen Jamal Blackman or Mitchell Beeney as his third-choice goalkeeper, behind Belgian Thibaut Courtois and Mark Schwarzer of Australia, and bring Chelsea’s foreign quota down to the permitted level.