Manager
Jose Mourinho insists the PFA Team of the Year should have been all-Chelsea
and he cannot understand why Cesc Fabregas was not voted in.
The Team of the Year, as voted for by Premier League players, included six
members of Chelsea's first team; Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Gary
Cahill, Nemanja Matic, Eden Hazard and Diego Costa.
The Blues boss maintained he has respect for the other five - David de Gea,
Ryan Bertrand, Philippe Coutinho, Alexis Sanchez and Harry Kane - but the
team lacks balance.
"There should have been more Chelsea players. All of them should have been
Chelsea," he said.
"I respect every player in that team and especially everyone that chose
because they have the right to choose. Great players are in that team but
also eight players are outside that team.
"Just one example is Cesc Fabregas, with the season he is having, the number
of assists, the quality of his game. For him not to be there is strange.
"And that team wouldn't win the Premier League. It has four defenders,
Matic, and five to attack so it's impossible. It's a team without any
balance and it is missing a midfield player."
Attacker Hazard clinched this year's PFA Player of the Year award at Sunday
night's ceremony in Mayfair and Mourinho spoke of his happiness for the
Belgian.
"It's more important for us to be champions but this is nice," he said.
"Obviously I'm happy for him and I'm happy for every player that helped him
to achieve the level he's achieving this season, which made him win the
Player of the Year."
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