Jose Mourinho: "Every player has a price"

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has expressed his belief that every player in the Premier League "has a price".

The Blues have been linked with a move for Raheem Sterling after the winger turned down a new long-term deal with Liverpool, insisting that he needed time to mull over his future.

Mourinho has revealed that if a player, such as Eden Hazard, was unhappy at his team he would consider selling the individual at the right price.

He told reporters: "I don't like players that don't want to play for me and my club. My opinion is every player has a price. It doesn't matter which player. Every player has a price. If you ask me now, for example, Eden Hazard. We can speak about him because he's signed a new contract.

"Do I want him to leave Chelsea? No. If he wants to leave and doesn't want to work with me, doesn't want to play for Chelsea, does Eden Hazard have a price? I think he has a price. He's the best player in the Premier League, but I could talk about a normal player, too - every player has a price.

"But I also understand the philosophy of managers and clubs who want to keep players at any price, who want just to say, 'There is no price to sell. The player stays, whatever [happens].' It's also a philosophy I accept."

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has insisted that Sterling will not be leaving the Reds this summer.