Find new club, Chelsea tells Cech

Chelsea will tell Petr Cech to find a new club in the final weeks of
the transfer window after deciding to make Thibaut Courtois their No.1
this season.Jose Mourinho is to put his faith in Courtois at the start
of the campaign, spelling the end for Cech at Stamford Bridge
following a decade spent as the club's undisputed first choice.Cech
will be encouraged to move as Chelsea stand to receive a more
significant transfer fee from selling the Czech goalkeeper now than in
12 months, when he would have just one year to run on his contract.

Courtois, who played 90 minutes in goal for the Blues in their final
pre-season match on Tuesday night, will get the nod over Cech for
Monday's Premier League curtain-raiser against newly promoted
Burnley.The west Londoners value Cech at around EURO 12 million. Real
Madrid and wealthy French duo Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco are
closely monitoring the 32-year-old's situation but no formal bids are
expected until Cech's downgraded status is confirmed at the start of
next week. Madrid signed Costa Rica World Cup star Keylor Navas this
summer as a replacement for Diego Lopez, who is completing the
formalities of a move to AC Milan, but doubts persist about the
long-term future at the club of Iker Casillas, who was used only in
cup matches by boss Carlo Ancelotti last season.Mourinho is prepared
to offload Cech after deciding that rising star Courtois represents a
better long-term option between the sticks.Cech has insisted that he
is not fazed by the prospect of competition from Courtois but Mourinho
has told the goalkeeper to explore the possibility of a move away.But
the keeper's agent, Viktor Kolar, has already confirmed that he will
speak to the top clubs in Europe if his client is made available."I
would get in touch with [Andoni] Zubizarreta at Barcelona and people
at Real Madrid," he told the press six weeks ago. "These are clubs we
would consider if Chelsea wanted to get rid of Petr."We would also
consider Bayern Munich but they have [Manuel] Neuer there. Then there
are leagues Petr would not go to - Serie A, for instance, because
clubs in that league have problems."Paris Saint-Germain have shown
interest and we have also communicated with Monaco.

"Courtois has been named La Liga's best goalkeeper in each of the last
two seasons and his performances were key to Atletico Madrid's Primera
Division triumph last season as well as their run to the Champions
League final. Mourinho's willingness to allow Cech, a hugely popular
figure with supporters, to leave demonstrates his ruthlessness and
desire to improve a team who narrowly missed out on winning a trophy
in his first season back at Stamford Bridge.

Cech has established himself as one of the world's outstanding keepers
during his decade at Stamford Bridge. Since joining Chelsea from
Rennes for EURO 8.7m in 2004, he has made 479 appearances for the club and
won the Champions League, the Europa League, three Premier League
titles, four FA Cups and three League Cups.