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Chelsea: 'I'm happy with my squad' says Jose Mourinho

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Jose Mourinho says he doesn't intend to make any changes to his squad during the transfer window.

Jose Mourinho is refusing to rule out movement in the transfer window insisting he will only do business if a 'phenomenal offer' comes in for one of his players.

Andre Schurrle and Mohamed Salah have been linked with moves, but the Chelsea boss is keen for them to stay and has included the duo in the squad for this weekend's FA Cup fourth-round tie against Bradford.

"The club doesn't move. We don't move. Our desire is to keep the same squad," said the Portuguese.

"The window is open but what I can say. I like them, I need them and I trust them. We are happy with the players, we are happy with the work we did in the summer to prepare for the season, and it reflects the trust we have in the group.

"We don't want to be involved in the transfer window. If we have to be it's because somebody pushed us, with some offer for one of our players.

'Nothing should happen'

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"Sometimes we have needs, like we had in the past transfer windows where we sold some players. The reality is normally nothing should happen in the next two weeks and we should go to February with the same squad.”

"The question is not to have a good offer (for the players), the question is to have a phenomenal offer and a player to be super keen of accepting the challenge because we don't want to sell our players."

Speaking about Schurrle, who has been linked with a move to Wolfsburg, he added: “He’s selected for Saturday, he played against Swansea last week, wasn’t selected for Liverpool (in midweek) and he’s in for the cup.”

And he said the same applied to Egyptian winger Salah who will also be involved with the cup squad this weekend.

“The reality is nothing should happen in the next two weeks and we should reach February with the same squad," he said.

“And we don’t have anyone in place should someone leave,” he added, reacting to a question that Fiorentina's Colombia winger Juan Cuadrado has been spoken of as a potential target.

"He is a player at Fiorentina and I shouldn't make any comments about players from other clubs. You speak about Cuadrado, you can speak about 10, 20 or 30 players and you ask me if I know them.

"If I don't know them I am in trouble because my son knows them, so I have to know them... it's my job to know them all.

"You can come at me with another name and I would have to say I know him... I know them all, but Cuadrado fits well in Fiorentina's squad and Colombia's squad, not in Chelsea's squad."