Chelsea’s brilliant starting XI for 2014/15 with new £60m duo Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas prominent

LM – Eden Hazard

May have had his differences with Mourinho over the past few months, but there is a mutual respect between the pair and the boss knows how important the Belgian is to the side.

Hazard has openly admitted that he needs to improve his goal-scoring capabilities, but the prediction from his manager that he will win the Ballon d’Or one day doesn’t seem so far-fetched.