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

RB – Cesar Azpilicueta

May have had a fairly anonymous 2014 World Cup with Spain, but the 24-year-old is a favourite of Mourinho’s and greatly impressed last term.

Azpilicueta operated primarily at left-back over the past 12 months, but naturally likes to play on the right and Branislav Ivanovic could well be sacrificed as a result.