Jose Mourinho appears to have taken a sly dig at former club Chelsea’s ‘limitless’ spending and says current employers Roma are simply not able to compete in the transfer market.
The Blues have committed to spending over £400m on players following Todd Boehly’s takeover of the club in May, and stole in ahead of neighbourhood rivals Arsenal at the weekend to sign Mykhailo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donestk for a fee approaching £90m.
Mudryk’s move to Stamford Bridge includes an initial guaranteed payment of over £60m, with the remainder of the fee to be topped up by performance related add-ons…