CHELSEA MANAGER JOSE Mourinho has revealed that he will not bring in a new striker when the transfer window opens in January.
Mourinho has just three experienced front men to call upon in Fernando Torres, Demba Ba and Samuel Eto’o as Belgium international Romelu Lukaku was allowed to go out on loan to top-flight rivals Everton in August.
Lukaku, who has scored seven goals for the Toffees this season, has occasionally told the media that he is hoping Mourinho is watching his spell on Merseyside carefully with the aim of a Chelsea recall.
However, this appears to have irked the ‘Special One’, who challenged the Belgian to come clean on exactly why he left on transfer deadline day.
And Mourinho himself was remaining enigmatic on the issue on Friday.
“Romelu is a young boy who likes to speak,” the Chelsea manager said. “But the only thing he didn’t say is why he went to Everton on loan.
And my last contact with him was to tell him exactly that: ‘Why do you never say why you are not here?’
“So it’s something he should say, the reason why he’s not with Chelsea and is in Everton.”
It was suggested Mourinho had been busy lining up deals for some extra firepower, with AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli and Jackson Martinez of Porto two names linked with a move to Stamford Bridge.
Reports claimed talks were at an advanced stage on a £30 million (€36 million) deal for Martinez.
However, Mourinho insisted Friday: “It’s not true what I read a couple of days ago, that the agent was in London meeting with me or with Chelsea directors. It’s not true at all.
“In the January market we’re not going to buy any striker, so we will go through to the end of the season with Fernando, Samuel and Demba. Nobody goes in. Nobody goes out,” the Portuguese added.
