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Mourinho says Chelsea do not need Roma defender Benatia

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho insists he's not interested in AS Roma defender Mehdi Benatia.

The Morocco international has been linked with Chelsea this week.

"We are not interested. We have (Gary) Cahill, (Branislav) Ivanovic and (Kurt Zouma.

"We also want to integrate (Andreas) Christiansen into the first team in peace, he will train with us, and even play some minutes in the league when it is possible," revealed Mourinho.

"I think we are good as we are, we are well equipped in defence."

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