"That old-fashioned mentality of 'I don't sell players to clubs in the same country' I think doesn't help the market," Mourinho said.
"It doesn't help the players and sometimes you push players to play abroad when you should be interested in keeping the players to play in your league because when you keep players in your league you are contributing to making your league the best league, so when you want to sell and you push the players abroad I think you are giving the wrong contribution to the league."
Mourinho suggested it was not in United's interests to keep an "unhappy" player. "We had Robben unhappy, we sold him to Real Madrid because he wanted so much to go to Real Madrid. We had William Gallas unhappy, we sold William Gallas to Arsenal," he said of his first spell at Chelsea although he added that "every case" was different.
Eto'o, like Willian and Anzhi's other star players, was put up for sale after club owner Suleyman Kerimov decided to pull much of his funding. His arrival at Chelsea will see the club attempt to move on Demba Ba before the transfer window closes, with Victor Moses expected to go out on loan.
Willian's arrival will cast further doubt on the future of Juan Mata. He is likely to make way for Willian in Mourinho's first-choice team, the Brazilian lining up with Eden Hazard and Oscar as an attacking trio behind a lone striker.
Mata is unlikely to be sold this summer but he will not be happy if his role at Chelsea is reduced – especially with a World Cup at the end of the season.
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