Mourinho respects Cech's decision to leave Chelsea

Famous Sport-New mentioned, Jose Mourinho has been disappointed with losing Petr Cech to Arsenal, but admits he understands his reluctance to be second-choice goalkeeper at Chelsea. The Chelsea boss said: "Petr has been a great servant for Chelsea for 11 years and helped this club to win almost everything there is to win. I always said I wanted him to stay but I understand Petr needed to move on to play first-team football every week.” He added: "Sometimes you have to respect the wishes of someone who has earned so much respect with his service and actions for your club. I support the owner's [Roman Abramovich] decision to honour the player in this way.”