> Mourinho leaves Chelsea FC

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Thursday September 20, 2007
LONDON (espnstar.com) - manager Jose Mourinho has left the English Premier League club, a club statement has confirmed early Thursday morning.

Just minutes ago, a statement on the official Chelsea club website has confirmed that the club have parted company with Mourinho by mutual consent.

The statement said: "Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have agreed to part company today (Thursday) by mutual consent."

Mourinho is believed to have informed senior players of his decision to quit following training on Wednesday. An unnamed senior Chelsea player has also told Sky Sports News that Mourinho has been sacked by the club.

Mourinho's departure will send shock-waves through English football.

The Portuguese manager has transformed the nation's football landscape since taking over at Stamford Bridge in June 2004, winning two Premier League titles in his first two years in charge and the FA Cup last season.

But his relationship with Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich has always been fraught and it now seems that a disappointing 1-1 Champions League draw with Norwegian side Rosenberg on Tuesday was his last in charge

It seems that Mourinho's fractious relationship with Abramovich has finally reached breaking point. Unconfirmed reports have that the decision to sack Mourinho was due to his recruitment process this summer, as well as the fact that he let certain players go.

Chelsea's next match is against Premier League champions Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.

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Sandeep

All i can say is:

Nd desperately waitin for 23rd sept!

Ninja

Well this was a real shocker. Being a united fan it should have been a good news for me, but frankly, I didn't really feel happy after he was sacked. You like him or not, he was one of the best managers of Premier league. Obviously it is a huge blow for chelsea just ahead of their crucial clash against ManU.

The place where i am gonna miss him the most is in the post match analysis(especially after his team's loss)

knoughtyd

U made my Day..Dnt no how long I have been waiting to hear this..

Now Down Down Chelski...

Ninja

Sir Alex Ferguson admits Jose Mourinho's dramatic departure from Chelsea this week came as a major disappointment to the Manchester United manager.
"Jose leaving is a disappointment for the game," Ferguson said. "He was terrific for football and terrific for Chelsea and I enjoyed the competition with him.

"He was something fresh and new for the game. But I wish him well and think he has been good for the game.

"He has been fantastic, unparalleled success and it's a test for whoever replaces him. At the moment it's Avram Grant and it's a big test for him.

Source - espnstar.com

Ninja

As expected Chelsea crumbled on field against us on field. The luck was also against them, mikel's send off was too harsh for me, I think it was a clean case of a yellow card, but sertainly deserve red.

Anyway we played well to win. Full marks to rooney, ronnie and giggs. Rooney especially was really fast