Jose Mourinho wants strong scouting system

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that he wants to enforce a strong scouting system at the club.

The Portuguese recently took charge of the Blues for a second time after his three-year spell at Stamford Bridge came to an end in 2007.

"The area of the club responsible for analysing the opponents and preparing the matches is basically the same structure I implemented when I was here, and now they are just waiting for my next input for evolution of that," Mourinho told the club's official website.

"But in the area of scouting young players, the club has had an evolution. The club is better now than when I came, and I think it's better because it needs to be better, because you cannot just find a player when he's 24, 25, 26 and in the best moment of his career.

"You have to scout and follow before that and you cannot do it without a good structure. That is an area of the club where I found good work is being done."

Mourinho has signed a four-year contract with Chelsea.