Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said Friday he will invite Petr Cech into his side’s dressing room whatever the outcome of this weekend’s Premier League match with Arsenal.
The Czech goalkeeper was sold to the North London club for £10 million ($16 million, 14 million euros) in the summer and will make his first return to Stamford Bridge on Saturday with Mourinho still holding him in high regard after he spent 11 years with Chelsea.
“If anybody could have a doubt – I never had – but if any Chelsea fan with a different perspective of what football is thought Petr Cech against Chelsea would open the goal and let us win, I think in the Community Shield they understood he was there to win and probably more than ever,” he said reflecting on a 1-0 defeat at Wembley in which Cech played.
“After the game, if he wants to come to our dressing room, the door is open for him.”
Mourinho was quick to play down his rift with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. The pair have fought a running battle over the years with a war of words culminating in a pitchside altercation last year.
But Mourinho said: “I think it’s time to not speak about it.
“I don’t think it’s important now and I don’t think people are focused on that. I think people are focused on what has happened on the pitch.
“I am responsible for my actions and the others are responsible for their actions.”
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