Jose Mourinho has agreed with Alan Pardew's calls for the transfer window to shut before the start of the season.
Newcastle boss Pardew, furious at Arsenal's pursuit of Toon midfielder Yohan Cabaye, called for the window to shut before the first fixture is played to stop clubs unsettling rivals' players.
And now Mourinho's support will have resonance at Old Trafford, with the Chelsea boss reiterating he wants one player - Wayne Rooney - before the end of the window.
'Nothing has changed, at a certain point I agree with Pardew, that the transfer window goes too far, into the third and fourth fixture of the season,' he said.
'I agree that it’s too much but it gives everybody a chance to be in the market while we are still winning or losing points.
We trust a lot in our project. But we have conditions to try and improve our team with one more player and we will try until the end.'
Mourinho has already had two bids for Rooney rejected, but insisted his pursuit of the England man would not end, saying:
'When you think that you’d like to have one player and the market is open and the official bids are not forbidden, official bids are always accepted in an ethical way, you try because nobody forbids you to try.
'Of course the players’ owners can do exactly what we did with David Luiz and Barcelona. It’s simple.
'We do have a plan B and C, but I won't name names as it is difficult for me to talk about other club's players.'
The Chelsea manager also revealed David Luiz would not be available for the visit of Aston Villa on Wednesday night, but could return next week with the Blues travelling to Old Trafford on Bank Holiday Monday.
Chelsea are wary of the threat Villa pose after their opening-day win over Arsenal, a result which has seen Gunners boss Arsene Wenger come in for intense criticism, but his cross-London counterpart still counts Arsenal as one of six teams capable of winning the league.
'We always expect the big teams to win their matches, but we cannot win all the time. It happened to Arsenal in this match,' Mourinho said.
'The second fixture we will probably see another contender lose points. I think that’s the beauty of this league and the beauty of football. It was not such a big surprise because Aston Villa can do that to any one of us.
'If you see the stats from last season they have more points away from home then at Villa Park.
'They are team who have qualities to play away, to play the counter-attack game that they played at the Emirates. They are a good team so it is not such a big drama, they can beat any one of the contenders.
'In this moment we cannot speak about two sides, we have to speak about six sides. It’s a difficult league, any of the six sides can lose points. I don’t know in this league if a draw is to lose two points or if it is to get one because it is a difficult league with difficult opponents.
'In this weekend out of the six, five managed to get the three points. Maybe in the second fixture it is another team who can’t win but in this moment I think we are speaking about six contenders.
'Let’s see if anyone of the six is good enough to make a real difference, to disappear and be in the zone to be dominant, or if it will be until the end with great balance between the sides.'
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