Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has hinted that he plans to continue his pursuit of Manchester United's Wayne Rooney until the transfer window is closed.

"We will try until the last day to add a new player to the squad a striker but in this moment every striker has a club every striker belongs to somebody and I don't think it's ethical that I name players that belong to other clubs" said Mourinho following Chelsea's 2-0 defeat of Hull on his return to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

"We don't try like many clubs do to go around and try to influence players to behave in a certain way.

"If we have to make a bid we make it in an official way we don't speak to players we speak to clubs."

However, Chelsea has already submitted two bids for Rooney only to have them rejected by United boss David Moyes, who insists that the striker is not for sale at any price.

It was previously reported that Moyes has given Rooney an ultimatum to either submit an official request to be sold or for him to commit to the cause. He's made it clear Rooney will not play for the club again unless he either submits a formal transfer request or commits himself totally to the cause. Moyes is now beginning to get tough on Rooney as the transfer saga continues to drag on, after admitting he has been under fire ever since arriving to United last month as the legendary manager Alex Ferguson's successor.

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