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Chelsea boss Mourinho slams FIFA Team of Year: Bad for football!

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has branded FIFA's Team of the Year as "bad for football".Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas are the two Chelsea players who have been shortlisted for the accolade.

But Mourinho, speaking in his Friday press conference ahead of the trip to Sunderland on Saturday, said: "When I see these trophies, I think they are not good for football. I don't care about it.

"Sometimes it seems we are looking for stars, people who are more important than other people and that is not the culture in this club.

"The mentality here is not to worry about that, even less be obsessed with that. When I see the names are Fabregas and Hazard, I think they don't think about it.

"They think about the team and try to win matches."

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