mourinho: I want to sign a "killer striker"

mourinho: I want to sign a "killer striker"

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho intends to sign a
striker with a “killer instinct” this summer.
Mourinho has not tried to hide his frustration with
his striking options since returning to Stamford
Bridge last year.
He has been linked with a big-money move for
Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa this summer, with
Fernando Torres potentially returning to his former
club in part-exchange.
The nil-nil draw with Norwich on Sunday summed
up Mourinho’s problem, with the Blues dominating
possession but failing to break down a gritty team
struggling at the wrong end of the table and
favourites for the drop.
That result all-but ended Chelsea’s chances of
winning the Premier League and Mourinho says that
to take that next step, he will need a different kind
of striker in his ranks.
“Against the teams that are more defensive, more
aggressive, more worried about trying to keep a
clean sheet than really to play, we keep saying the
same,” Mourinho told Chelsea TV.
“We have good players, but we don’t have the kind
of striker able to, in a short space, to make an
action, to score a goal, to open the gate.
“In these kind of matches you just need to open the
gate. When you open the gate, the gate is open and
you go on to win much more. We weren’t able to do
that.
“We have to try to win as a team, to improve as a
team, but also add the attacking player with that
killer instinct and the number of goals that push
teams to different levels.
“It’s something our club is going to try (to do),
respecting obviously that we have good strikers.”
Chelsea’s record against their title rivals has been
impressive. The Blues beat Manchester City twice,
Liverpool twice and took four points from matches
with Arsenal, Everton, Tottenham and Manchester
United.
But recent defeats to Aston Villa, Crystal Palace,
Sunderland and the draw with Norwich appear to
have blown their chances of finishing the season as
champions.
“It’s much more difficult to get results against the
big teams,” Mourinho added.
“Mentally you have to be stronger, by the strategic
point of view you have to be stronger too.
“When we have that amazing record against the top
teams, I think it’s a fantastic achievement and a
good base to start next season.
“If you forget the Sunderland festival, because for me
it was not a football game, it was a festival, the
(home) record was good.
“We lost six points at home, with three draws, which
is still a good record.
“The matches with the top teams the record is really
amazing, difficult to repeat next season even if, like
we expect, we are stronger.”