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Mourinho: No Man Utd player ‘untouchable’ unlike at Chelsea…

Jose Mourinho has made it clear that none of his Manchester United players are 'untouchable'.

During the Portuguese tactician's first spell at Chelsea between 2004 and 2007, the likes of Frank Lampard, John Terry, Didier Drogba and Claude Makelele basically became undroppable as the West Londoners won two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and two League Cups.

However, Mourinho says that is not the case at United as football is now in a much different climate to what it was when he achieved so much success at Stamford Bridge.

"Untouchable now has to be the team spirit and the commitment and pride, the commitment to the club, respect to the fans, that has to be untouchable not players," he said.

"(At Chelsea) that was 11 years ago. It's a different Premier league, different situation, (Chelsea) were the best team by far, that's a different story."

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