The 25-year-old winger who signed for £21 million in July 2005 from Manchester City scored his first goal for Chelsea in Tuesday's 2-0 victory over Levski Sofia.

But he is a target for West Ham United, whose new Icelandic chairman, Eggert Magnusson, has said publicly that he will discuss the possibility of signing Wright-Phillips with Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon ahead of the January transfer window.

However, Mourinho said: "I want him to stay. We know the squad is good in quality but short on numbers.

"We cannot lose players. We have 19 outfield players for the four competitions we are still involved in - we need every player."

The Portuguese coach added:

"If the answers from him are positive ones then that is good for me, the team and for the boy. His future does not depend on a goal he scored."

As for Wright-Phillips himself, he has said he wants to continue proving his worth at Chelsea and become more of a first-team regular there.

He said: "I don't want to leave - so why should I want to go anywhere?"

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