Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho: My squad is ready to win the title

CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho closed the chequebook yesterday and declared: “Now for the title”.

NO MOUR TRANSFERS: Mourinho is happy with his squad

He completed the signing of Felipe Luis and insisted it will be his last bit of transfer business.

Chelsea have moved quickly in the market this summer, with Cesc Fabregas’ arrival ahead of the World Cup followed by the signings of Diego Costa and Luis (below) from Atletico Madrid.

Promising midfielder Mario Pasalic, 19, has also joined from Hajduk Split.

Mourinho said yesterday: “I have to say my club did a fantastic job and not just because of what we bought but because we did it in almost record time. The transfer market closes August 31 and we finished today.

"The club did fantastic. We knew the targets, we knew the players and the club attacked them and their clubs at a very early stage.

"We got exactly what we need and what we want. The squad is one which I like very much and I look forward to starting the season.”

Mourinho believes he has a squad capable of winning the Premier League next season but accepts that any of the title hopefuls could also easily end up fifth, with Manchester United expected to challenge again.

He added: “Last year, if you had asked me in July, I would never have said Man United would be outside the top four. This season I will tell you one will miss out and I have a big percentage of making a mistake.

"There were good teams last season and there will be better teams this season because everyone is investing.

"A few years ago you make a team to be champions and most probably you will be. Now if you make a team to be champions, you try to finish in the top four.

"Why I like the Premier League so much is that at this moment, nobody knows who is going to win the title.

"I know that we want to and I know that we can but it is the kind of competition where I can’t say.

"At this moment, I think it’s between us, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United and Man City.”

Mourinho said it only took him 20 minutes to convince Fabregas to join from Barcelona and insisted he never wanted to return to Arsenal.

"I spoke with him 20 minutes. I think he really wanted to come to us,” he added.

"As you know, Arsenal had an option where they could interfere but I think he was not open to that. It was an easy job for me.”