Premier League: Jose Mourinho is pleased with Chelsea's summer signings

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho declares himself satisfied with the new signings that joined the Blues this summer as the club prepare for their pre-season trip to Asia. Chelsea have brought in Germany international Andre Schurrle and Holland midfielder Marco van Ginkel along with veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer. "Andre Schurrle is still so young but he already has great history because he plays in his national team, he has played Champions League and he played three complete seasons for Leverkusen," Mourinho said. "So he is a player who is absolutely ready and he gives us more than one position in attack and adds quality. He will be important for us. Marco van Ginkel is one of the best prospects. He is not yet like Schurrle - close to being a finished product - but he is a player with great potential. Of course he needs to play and he will, because he is a player with great potential and physically he is more than ready. He is a natural athlete. By the technical and the tactical point of view of course he is a kid, he has to learn, but I think he is very open-minded and we analysed him for quite a long time." Schwarzer is no youngster though, being 40 years old already, but he was signed by Chelsea on a one-year deal. Mourinho made it clear that Petr Cech remains the first choice goalkeeper, but he is pleased to have the Australian goalie on board. "Mark Schwarzer is what we need. I never say this one is the first choice and this one is the second and this one is the third, but of course as a starting point Petr Cech is Petr Cech - he is the best in the world with deference to all the others and Mark knows that he comes to be an important member of the squad. To compete with Petr and to give us in that position what we have in any other position where we have competition and options, giving protection to each other. With Mark we have a goalkeeper who has played an incredible number of matches in the last 10 years in the Premier League and he is more than ready for this." Mourinho will also be counting on Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Tomas Kalas, all back at Chelsea after spending last season on loan at other clubs. Chelsea are 9/4 to win the 2014 Premier League title at Bet365 while their odds to win the Champions League next season are at 12/1.