Despite restrictions of Financial Fair Play, Chelsea is confident they are capable of purchasing a £40 million striker without selling any of their own players.
There has been speculation that Chelsea would have to sell either Oscar or Eden Hazard to fund such a move, but José Mourinho denies that's their situation.
“We do what we can. We don’t do what we can’t. We’re not going to do it by selling the best players [Oscar and Hazard],” he told his prematch news conference. “We want to keep the best players we have and the structure we’re trying to build.
“Part of the evolution is based on stability and part is about bringing players in the transfer window like we did in January and what we’re going to try and do in the summer. It’s evolution based on stability.
“It’s not through selling the best players. It’s not through selling 10 and buying 10 that we’re going to reach it. I think Chelsea can do that [spend 30-40 million pounds] on one player. Chelsea can’t do that with four or five players and invest 250 million pounds. Chelsea can do that with one player. That’s the work Chelsea is doing and I think that’s possible.”
Mourinho has also said Fernando Torres has a future with Chelsea despite seemingly falling out of favor.