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Mourinho refuses to discuss Chelsea's transfer targets
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Mourinho refuses to discuss Chelsea's transfer targets

Published Aug. 28, 2015 12:10 p.m. ET

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said "I don't speak about players from other teams" after being questioned about John Stones, Paul Pogba and Zhang Linpeng.

The Premier League champions have seen three bids rejected for Stones, who has had a transfer request rejected by Everton, but Mourinho was tight-lipped when asked if he had been priced out of the deal for Stones during Friday's press conference ahead of the weekend visit of Crystal Palace.

"I don't speak about players from other teams," said Mourinho, whose side play Palace in his 100th Premier League home game at Stamford Bridge.

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"I have a good squad. I'm happy with the squad I have. If I get another player until the end of the market, good. If I don't get, we go with what we have."

Mourinho was also asked about Everton boss Roberto Martinez's belief that the transfer window should close before the competition begins.

It is something the Portuguese has suggested previously, but he refused to respond.

"You think I'm going to comment on Roberto Martinez's words?" Mourinho said.

"Not generally, I don't comment. I don't comment on other opinions."

Mourinho also declined to comment on reports the Blues are ready to break the British transfer record with a £70million raid on Juventus for Pogba.

"I'm not going to do the 'like', 'I would like' of Pogba. He's a Juventus player, I'm the Chelsea manager," added Mourinho, who last week rebuked Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri for commenting on his fondness for Ramires and Oscar.

The Blues have also been linked with China right-back Zhang Linpeng from Guangzhou Evergande, but it was more specuation that Mourinho refused to comment on.

"He is a Guangzhou player, so it's the same story. I don't comment," Mourinho added.

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