Jose Mourinho wants Petr Cech to stay at Chelsea alongside Thibaut Courtois

Cech has been at Chelsea for a decade and Thibaut Courtois comes in after a successful loan at Atletico Madrid

Courtois is favourite to start the Premier League curtain-raiser against Burnley



Boss Mourinho wants to keep both keepers at Stamford Bridge 'to keep the fans happy'

'There's no story. One will play and Chelsea will be in safe hands for good because both are very good players,' he says

Jose Mourinho has declared a desire to keep both Thibaut Courtois and Petr Cech at Chelsea this season even though he accepts he will soon have to make one of them extremely unhappy.



The Chelsea manager watched Cech make an impressive return from a serious shoulder injury in a pre-season friendly here against RZ Pellets WAC after young French striker Jeremie Boga cancelled out Silvio De Oliveira’s opener for the hosts.



But Cech faces a serious threat to his place for the first time in a decade at Stamford Bridge, with Courtois the favourite to start against Burnley in Chelsea’s Premier League opener on August 18.

Courtois does not report for training until July 30 but the Belgian international was outstanding for Atletico Madrid last season and impressed in the World Cup too.

VIDEO Scroll down to watch Hazard leaving Courtois stranded with cheeky chipped goal



Tough competition: Jose Mourinho wants to keep Thibaut Courtois (left) and Petr Cech VIDEO Courtois coming back to Chelsea - Mourinho

It leaves Mourinho with a difficult call to make. ‘My situation for the season is fantastic,’ said Mourinho. ‘To have Cech and Courtois, the best young goalkeeper in the world and one of the top three or five experienced keepers, for me and Chelsea it’s perfect.



‘There’s no story. One will play and Chelsea will be in safe hands for good because both are very good players.’



When it was then pointed out to Mourinho that one would be left unhappy, he said: ‘But the Chelsea supporters will be happy and they’re more important than players. If supporters have Cech or Courtois they will be happy because they know we’re in safe hands.



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‘The window is the window but I’m so happy with the situation. For a coach the problem is when you don’t have good players. Then we’re in trouble.



‘We have to make decisions but we’re paid to make them and I’m really happy with the situation.

