Pedro Rodriguez and Nicolas Otamendi are the latest two names on a long list of players who are said to have snubbed Manchester United.

After a testing week, a visit to West Bromwich Albion on Sunday is the one of the last assignments Jose Mourinho would have chosen for his spluttering Chelsea side.

United were beaten to the signing of Pedro out of being too slow, plain and simple, because if United were never interested in him then why pursue him in the first place?

“It is well known that Manchester was in the race for Pedro but Chelsea were faster and in 24 hours they reached an agreement with the club”, the agent said.

The Chelsea boss has been in an abrasive mood since the opening day of the campaign and has no qualms in admitting that he is not pleased with the performance of his team. “The club of his heart, the club where he played since he was a kid and won absolutely everything”. Chelsea have really not played well at all this season and they look like a team that is a little out of sorts at the moment.

Pulis, whose move for Tottenham’s Federico Fazio is on hold after talks broke down over personal terms on Friday, could hand record signing Salomon Rondon his home debut.

Despite his advancing years, the former England captain played every minute of every match for the West London side and was a consistent and imposing performer for the Blues. “This week we trained better than ever”, Mourinho said ahead of Sunday’s clash at West Brom. “I am very excited to start my adventure at Chelsea and I am here to keep winning titles”. I really want to enjoy being here and playing in this league. Pedro is a player we like a lot and we are happy to have him.

“So, I also read about Mr Van Gaal having 28 players and being happy”.

“Everything started with the fact that finally we understood the player was ready to leave the club of his dreams”, the Portuguese manager is quoted as saying by the Chelsea FC official website.

World Cup and European Championship victor Pedro was described as “one of the best attacking players in the world”.

With the Spaniard’s move to Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea, he has become the most profitable player ever to have come out of Barcelona’s famous La Masia academy. You need – football is entertainment and you need big personalities like Mourinho and (Fabio) Capello, like (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic, that’s what you need in any type of entertainment.