Jose Mourinho: I can't stop Petr Cech from joining Arsenal or Man Utd

Cech will have a year left on his contract at Stamford Bridge this summer and has indicated he wants to quit the club.

Arsenal are interested in the 32-year-old with question marks remaining over both Wojciech Szczesny and David Ospina at the Emirates.

Express Sport understands Cech is on United boss Louis van Gaal's shortlist to replace David De Gea should he move to Real Madrid.

And Mourinho has revealed for the first time Cech's decision is 'not in his hands'.

"If it's in my hands he would never go, would never go to big clubs with fantastic teams," Mourinho told talkSPORT.

"Big candidates to win the Premier League. I would never let him go. But it's not in my hands. My perfect scenario is that he stays with us, I think he belongs to this club, this club belongs to his history and to his life, too.

"He is a fantastic keeper, fantastic dressing room and squad man. I tried to prove the respect I have for him. I played him in the cups, gave him matches in the Premier League.

"I can imagine that a 32 or 33 year old keeper feels young and feels the passion to play every game."