José Mourinho: Chelsea are title favourites

London, Aug 19: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has suggested that he believes the current Chelsea squad is sufficiently solid to challenge for the Premier League title this season despite Antonio Conte's demands that his squad is too little.

Antonio Conte has endured a frustrating Summer at Stamford Bridge this season, seeing players like Ake, Chalobah and Nemanja Matic leave for rival Premier league clubs while his own particular targets like Danillo, Lukaku etc decided to move elsewhere.

And with such pressure on the head, the Chelsea manager asserted that it will be very tough for him to retain the title with such squad. However, the Manchester United manager Mourinho suggested he does not think so.

Chelsea's title defence started with last Saturday's 3-2 defeat at 3-2 against minnows Burnley but in spite of this, Mourinho indicated Conte's moves in the market and as of last seasons Champions, Chelsea remain as the favourite.

Mourinho also suggested the new entries of Tiemoue Bakayoko, Antonio Rudiger and Alvaro Morata for a combined £132 million spending to adjust for the loss of Nemanja Matic, John Terry and Diego Costa shows the right path of team's activity.

Mourinho said: "When people say, for example, Chelsea lost an important midfield player, if you lose one but you buy Bakayoko and Drinkwater for example, what's the problem?

"The problem is when you sell and you don't buy. When you sell and you keep buying, what's the problem?

"You are probably even stronger so I think every top team in the Premier League is strong enough, is potentially strong enough with the financial situation to be fighting for everything and when everybody is also in Europe, five in the Champions League and then two in the Europa League, you have the top seven teams playing for everything and all of them are strong."

He added: "For me the favourite is the champion. Always. It doesn't mean you are going to win it but I think it is the stamp that you have when you are champion, it is that the next season you are the favourite."

Chelsea will travel to Wembley this weekend to face a stern test again their London rival Tottenham Hotspur and will be hoping for a positive result this time to come back on the winning track once again.