Mourinho’s New Signings Are Very Good Players – Mkhitaryan

Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits he was shocked when Chelsea agreed to sell Nemanja Matic to Manchester United this summer — but is happy they did.

Matic helped his new club to a 4-0 win over West Ham on the opening weekend of the Premier League season, a day after champions Chelsea were beaten 3-2 by Burnley at Stamford Bridge.

“Actually I am [surprised],” Mkhitaryan said. “But at the same time I am very happy that we have got him.

“It was not only Matic. I want to mention as well the other two new signings, [Victor] Lindelof and Lukaku. They are very good players. They are, I think, Manchester United players.

“Matic does a big job on the pitch. He tries to recover all the balls. He defensively does a big job.

Lukaku scored his goals and Lindelof is still going to have time to show himself. So I want to say all the players are good signings and they are going to help us a lot.”

Mkhitaryan has since become central to Jose Mourinho’s plans and against West Ham he started as the No. 10 behind Lukaku, a position he says is his best.

“I prefer to play as a No. 10 but if the manager thinks I’m helpful for the team playing on the wings I am happy to play on the wings. It doesn’t matter,” he said.

“It was a great win. I think we did a good start to the season. Now we have to keep going the same way. It is very important to win today. Why? Because we were playing a very good opponent — West Ham. We know it is always hard to play against them. I think we did a great job.”