Jose Mourinho Hints That Petr Cech’s Chelsea To Arsenal Move Was Out Of His Control

Petr Cech is set to become an Arsenal player within the next few days, with many newspapers reporting online today that the deal is already done.

The Czech Republic goalkeeper – who has spent 10 years at Stamford Bridge – will join the Gunners in a bid to play as much first team football as he reaches the twilight of his highly successful career.

The 33-year-old stopper has become second choice this season with Jose Mourinho opting to play young Belgian keeper Thibaut Courtois ahead of him for most of their title-winning campaign.

But did the Blues boss drop a major hint earlier in the month suggesting that the deal was completely out of his hands?

BT Sport reporter and presenter Jake Humphrey tweeted a video this afternoon from an interview with the former Inter Milan and Real Madrid gaffer during the channel’s Champions League launch show.

And Mourinho – carefully worded as ever – explained that he would never want Cech to leave the club, even if it meant disagreeing with the ideas of owner Roman Abramovich.

You can check out the video in the tweet below.

Cech is currently the holder of the all-time Premier League clean sheets record with 168 shut-outs to his name.