Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will not ask for new signings in January window

The Portuguese coach dismissed claims he needs to 'clean the dressing room'

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (Getty Images)

Jose Mourinho will not demand that Chelsea sign new players in January, as he tries to find his way out of the team’s dismal slump.

Chelsea resume their season against Norwich City tomorrow with Mourinho still in charge, enjoying the fresh public backing of director of football Michael Emenalo. Mourinho insisted at his press conference earlier this afternoon that he was determined that him and his players – who won the Capital One Cup and the Premier League earlier this year – should get out of the mess they have got themselves into.

Chelsea have taken just 11 points from their 12 Premier League games so far – they have lost their last three straight – and will have to play exceptionally well over the rest of the season if they are to qualify for next year’s Champions League. In pursuit of that target, Mourinho is happy to stick with the current squad.

 I don't need to ‘clean the dressing room’, as I heard was written somewhere

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“I will not ask for any changes, I will not ask the board in January,” Mourinho said at Cobham earlier today.

“I'm happy with the players. I trust the players. I don't need to ‘clean the dressing room’, as I heard was written somewhere. And I don't need to ask the club to spend money in January. We put ourselves in a great situation together by being champions. We put ourselves together in this situation in the Premier League; we have to be together, again, to put it right.”

Mourinho reminded his squad how recently they have succeeded, and said that the trust of the club should help them to get back to their best.

“We were champions four months ago, not four years ago, or 10 years ago,” Mourinho said. “The manager is the same. The players are basically the same too. Nobody gives a four-year contract four months ago if they don't trust the person. Nobody gives new contracts to players, like we did to so many of them in the last couple of months, if we don't trust the players. There is trust. And there are reasons for that trust.”