Jose Mourinho: Juan Cuadrado signing not a Chelsea panic buy
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has denied claims that new signing Juan Cuadrado is "a panic buy".
The Colombian international winger joined from Fiorentina on Monday for an initial fee of £23.3m, with Mohamed Salah going the other way on loan.
Cuadrado, 26, arrived after fellow winger Andre Schurrle moved to Wolfsburg for £22m.
"He is not a panic buy. It's a reaction to Schurrle's departure," Mourinho said.
"I don't think it's the best thing for him that I speak about expectations. He needs his time."
After remaining publicly silent since the League Cup semi-final second leg against Liverpool on 27 January, Mourinho chose his words carefully in his news conference for Saturday's trip to face Aston Villa: