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Cape Town - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists Petr Cech still has a role
to play amid suggestions the goalkeeper could be on his way out of Stamford Bridge in search on
first-team football.
The one-time Blues stalwart has been limited to an understudy role as Thibaut Courtois has made the goalkeeping spot his own this season after a two-year spell at Atletico Madrid.
According to Football411, Mourinho insists the Czech Republic international is still a vital part of the squad.
"The most important thing is what he brings to the team on the pitch, which is top quality," the Portuguese told Yahoo-Eurosport.
"When Courtois was injured against Arsenal and Petr Cech comes to play on minute 20, I was so calm. I wasn't worried about a change of goalkeeper.
"So when you have on the bench a super goalkeeper like Petr Cech this is the most important thing.
"Obviously he wants to play, which is why sometimes I make him play. I have to feed the natural ambition of somebody who feels he is a top goalkeeper.
"I have to feed that ambition to keep him... I'm not saying happy happy, because to be happy a player must play every game... but at least to make him feel that we like him, we respect him and we need him."
The one-time Blues stalwart has been limited to an understudy role as Thibaut Courtois has made the goalkeeping spot his own this season after a two-year spell at Atletico Madrid.
According to Football411, Mourinho insists the Czech Republic international is still a vital part of the squad.
"The most important thing is what he brings to the team on the pitch, which is top quality," the Portuguese told Yahoo-Eurosport.
"When Courtois was injured against Arsenal and Petr Cech comes to play on minute 20, I was so calm. I wasn't worried about a change of goalkeeper.
"So when you have on the bench a super goalkeeper like Petr Cech this is the most important thing.
"Obviously he wants to play, which is why sometimes I make him play. I have to feed the natural ambition of somebody who feels he is a top goalkeeper.
"I have to feed that ambition to keep him... I'm not saying happy happy, because to be happy a player must play every game... but at least to make him feel that we like him, we respect him and we need him."
