Jose QUITS Chelsea

[Becks]

Jose Mourinho's turbulent reign at Chelsea came to a dramatic end last night after crisis talks with Roman Abramovich following the club's 1-1 draw against Rosenborg the previous evening.

Mourinho sent text messages to five senior players last night telling them he was leaving and the club will make an official announcement confirming that later today.

Chelsea's directors, who have been stunned by the speed of Mourinho's departure, were summoned back to Stamford Bridge last night for an emergency meeting after the premiere of the club's tub-thumping documentary Blue Revolution.

Mourinho, who has been at loggerheads with the Chelsea board for the past 12 months, sent text messages to five players at 6pm last night and told them that he was leaving after a little over three years at the club.

Juande Ramos, who was in charge of Sevilla during their 3-0 defeat by Arsenal in the Champions League last night, is already one of the names being linked with the job.

Ramos turned down Tottenham last month, when it emerged he was waiting for a bigger offer, and he is one of many names on Chelsea's radar after leading Sevilla to two successive UEFA Cups.

After Tuesday's game against Rosenborg, Mourinho spoke to his players in the dressing room for less than two minutes — criticising Salomon Kalou for failing to take his chances.

He spent an equal amount of time with Abramovich in the players' lounge before leaving Stamford Bridge.

That was highly unusual behaviour, even for Mourinho, and matters came to a head after his discussion with the club's billionaire owner.

By midnight last night, the entire first-team squad were aware that Mourinho, who led the club to two Premiership titles, will be forced out today.

The Chelsea manager told them he would report to the training ground as usual, but only to say goodbye.

Some players, such as Michael Ballack, Andriy Shevchenko and Joe Cole, will be pleased to see the back of him. After last month's 1-0 victory over Portsmouth, Mourinho was involved in a spectacular row with Cole, who questioned his role in the team.

Incidents such as this, one of many during Mourinho's spell in charge, have been noted by the board and have played a significant part in his downfall.

Incredibly, Mourinho's departure comes just three days before Chelsea travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in one of the biggest games of the season.

Mourinho's backroom team also face the sack, so director of football Avram Grant will be asked to take charge of the team.

Mourinho still has three years left on a contract worth £6.5million a year, but Abramovich is prepared to pay up a large proportion of that deal.

At the time he signed, Mourinho said: "My heart is with Chelsea and the fantastic group of players that I have. I cannot imagine another situation or another club where I could be happier. I am totally behind this project."

Chelsea's board have become increasingly restless after the club's disjointed start to the season and matters came to a head on Tuesday.

Mourinho complained, as he has every week since the start of the season, about injuries to key players and that has not sat easily with the board. Mourinho signed every member of the team that lined up against Rosenborg.

He promised Abramovich the side would play more attractive football this season, but it simply has not happened.

They led the Premiership after beating Portsmouth on August 25, but were knocked off their perch by defeat at Aston Villa.

Abramovich's mood was not improved when Chelsea drew 0-0 against Blackburn last Saturday.






CHEERS.

Daily Mail

[Centarfor9]

:lol: i've seen it coming long time ago

[Becks]

Oh yes, it has been.

The most shocking part is that it happened now. . . As opposed to two seasons ago.

[Fenerliyim]

Not suprised, Mourinho and Abramovich were never close. I think it would be better for Chelsea. With Mourinho quiting this might lead some other clubs to fire their managers in order to sign him.

[valdanito_10]

Whats next for chelsea?

Myabe this will do chelsea good, maybe sheva will come back from the dead without murinho constanty take a low blow at him.

[rui_a]

personally i think its the biggest mistake chelsea has ever made apart from signing sheva . before mourinho chelsea had won nothing and he turned them into one of the most feared clubs in the world, mourinho is one of the best coaches in the world and he will have plenty of offers i just think that real madrid will be pissed as they wanted him but instead had to settle for the other guy and now that mourinho is finally free they cant have him, i personally think theres something else behind it all i think its a bit funny that mourinho has always said that he wanted to coach the portuguese N/T and now that scolari might get the sack over what he done mourinho decides to quit maybe its just a Coincidence maybe its not i dont know , you decide

[shevafan]

watch this:
http://www.skysports.com/video/0,20285,12606_2741652,00.html

hopefully capello will become the next chelsea coach.

[~zero_signal~]

I could see this resignation coming too, but not at this stage of the season. If Capello does become Chelsea's new manager, he might do the usual 'clean up' job when he arrives - telling the club that certain (big-name) players need to depart because he will not be counting with their services. He did this at Real Madrid, twice.

[Toke-E-Yo]

rumours are now flying on the independent spurs sights that Daniel Levy is working his ass off to see if he can get Mourinho in as the gaffer for spurs!!!

[judicatormd]

i hope chelsea goes to mid table. i actually thought there was nothing wrong with mourino aside from the non stop excuses. it's not his fault the club bought overrated and over priced players that are crap...

[judicatormd]

i also predict that hiddink will get the job. you heard it here first.

[Toke-E-Yo]

i also predict that hiddink will get the job. you heard it here first.


actually, i heard that last summer....

[Vic]

I'm not surprised at all that this happened. I've heard that some Israel guy is going to get appointed..

[gatsby]

It's not going to be Hiddink. Well not yet at least.

[Vic]

maybe sheva will come back from the dead without murinho constanty take a low blow at him.

Sheva will never come back to the form he used to have regulary, he's nowhere as good as he used to be and i think he's finished as being one of the best strikers in the world. That's not Mournihos fault..

[~zero_signal~]

To me, Chelsea seemed to have gone crazy with all the $ that was rolling in a while back. The club had the wealth so the decision-makers thought that they could buy any player they wanted. I don't think that you can 'buy' success that easily. You have to assess whether a certain big-name player will fit in well at the club, whether the Premier League suits their style, whether or not they'll link up well with other players, as well as other factors. Sheva may have been in the twilight of his great career, but his move to Chelsea was always going to be a bad one. The guy was made to play in the Serie A. The same thing goes for clubs like Real Madrid - why buy players you don't really need?

[Saraj Fanático]

Sheva needs a good team to work with to show his best. In this case, Milan. :D

This move is just stupid.

[Gavmundo]

Yea Avram Grant is now their manager. A personal friend of Abramovich and Chelsea's director of football (was originally Portsmouth's Dir of Football and made a name for himself in Israel but hasn't managed a team outside of Israel). This seems to be a permanent appointment or so are the indications that are coming from Chelsea but looks like an appointment for the season at least. Course that all depends on results but Chelsea fans are fuming and I don't blame them!

Despite the claims that he wasn't sacked and didn't quit and it was a mututal agreement Mourinho has been forced out. No doubt about that. As a lot of people will recognise this has been coming for some time. The relationship between Abramovich and Mourinho has been strained for a long time and once you fall out with the boss you're on borrowed time. Both Shevchenko and Ballack were brought to the club against the manager's wishes. How can a manager manage a team when players are being brought in he doesn't want? He din't want Grant involved in team affairs and it's clear he was getting involved. His position was made impossible. Abramovich may know about oil but he has little knowledge of football. As much as I dislike Mourinho i'm fully behind him ahead of the moneymen at Chelski. A terrible decision in my opinion and one they'll end up regretting.

Some additional new coming from Stamford Bridge is their seems to be a stumbling block over Mourinho's payoff deal according to Sky Sports News. Apparently Chelsea want him to agree to a non disclosure clause so he can't speak to the press about his reason for leaving and that he agree not to join any other Premiership club. Neither of which Mourinho will agree to. Stick to your gun Jose ... take the scumbags to court ;)

[Centarfor9]

so is it true that Jose will coach Portugal now that Scolari is suspended for 4 games???? :)

[Vic]

I think Jose will be the new coach for Portugal :)

[Centarfor9]

^ you think? :ronaldo:

[Vic]

Yea reports are saying that he'll be the new manager for Portugal, no smoke without a fire huh? :D

[Centarfor9]

that's why he quit lol

[Vic]

I belive it could be secret switch from Mournihos and Scolaris sides. That punch was one step in his and Mourinhos plans on switching teams....

Damn i'm getting paranoid.. :lol:

[Toke-E-Yo]

spurs are lookin in to mourinho

[valdanito_10]

So no now Abra just left a friend in charge, its great to be the bihg boy, you do what you want.

I do hope this means a great U-turn for sheva, it hurts to see a player of his calibre play like hes been doing. Good luck Andriv!

[emode]

Am i the only one who's actually sad by this news?... i don't know if there is another better manager for Chelsea right now. Who's this Avram Grant anyway...he has no coaching experience as much as Maurinho. I'm not worried about Maurinho future he'll be a good manager for any team but i'm sincerely worried about Chelsea now. Abra is gonna do whatever he wants now and buy whoever he wants even if they players does not fit into the whole team.

Maurinho has done some amazing stuffs for Chelsea helping it won 2 primerships and now that the team in trouble he got sacked. Ok maybe he left by choice... i wish Maurinho luck but i am sad for Chelsea.

[judicatormd]

or mourhino can coach a K league team... lol

[Centarfor9]

@eMode Абрамо́вич, Mourinho and Chelsea have money to comfort them so they don't need people to feel bad for them - it's all business :)

[Gavmundo]

I still doubt Mourinho willt ake over Portugal. I really don't see him as an internation manager. I think he prefers the day to day management of a club. I think the Portugal job is just a smokescreen but you never know.

I was amused to read about a reporter who managed to corner Mourinho this morning in London and asked him what Chelsea mean't when they said that he left Chelsea by Mutual consent? Typical Mourinho response "look it up in the dictionary" :lol: Reporters ask such stupid questions!

[Andygers]

Jose was a great character and will be missed but Abramovich is power mad and wants success, because it his team after all. I don't know much about Avram Grant but his style is apparently very similar to Jose Mourinho....Guus Hiddink would be a good appointment.

[Bigpapa42]

Not surprised he's gone, just moreso when it happened. Maybe this is the boost the squad needs and maybe Grant will do phenomenally well... but it just seems like a big risk that could hurt the rest of the season. It sounds as if a number of squad players were rather upset over it.

[valdanito_10]

Sad? Id be happy, the guy just got 26 million euros!!!1

[moleque piexe]

If I was Mourinho, I would be looking into Lyon or Juve job, maybe Valencia. Lyon is a good team which just lost a good coach Houllier. He can be successful right away in Lyon. Juve's going through a rebuilding year after losing many players for the game fixing scandal. Ranieri is their current coach but I don't see Juve being happy with him too long. Now I think about it, isn't that the guy he replaced for the Chelsea job? Juve's gonna start buying some talents and he can fit right into the savior role that he likes so much. Valencia have been out shined Real and Barca past few years and now they are being threatened by likes of Seville, Zaragosa, Villareal as 'the other good team in La Liga' spot. Once again he can be the savior.

[FR Sloboda]

i doubt morunho will go french league- it is not on his rader on top leagues
although lyon are a top club french league is not attractive on the eruopean stage as the english,spanish,italian or german leagues.

mourinho has officialy told sky sports news in the uk that he would like to manage in spain,italy or germany take ur pic on hu u think he will take over

personaly i hope he becomes bosnias next manager lol

[FR Sloboda]

i think he could choose - inter milan - there slightly strugglin and mancini has not got a good record with good relationship with players

2. - ac milan if they dont win a major trophy this yr looks like jose is going there

germany

1. schalke is possible
2. stuttgart
i think any of champions league german teams he will take over or some others if he takes over in janaury.

spain

1. barca - if rajkird fuks up and barca dont get major trophy
2. the same with real madrid
3. valencia
4. athletico madrid
5. to replace juan de ramos at sevilla?

this is my suggestions on jose's future

[B-Town Rovers]

I think he'll coach the Portugal NT. I don't see him going to AC, they love their coach too much, although I think Inter might be a possibility.

How's going to replace Jose though?

[Gavmundo]

I still don't see him as an international manager. Maybe on a part time basis but he's a club manager. I can't see him doing anything other than managing on a full time basis. There's no rush for him to get back. He's not exactly peniless. I can see a big team coming for for him!

[B-Town Rovers]

Maybe Inter.....

The reason I said Portugal is because he's from there. And he and Abrom. didn't get along well because Abrom thought it was necessary to butt in, in Mourinho's signings and such. So I think the idea of him coaching Portugal, where he makes ALL the calls, would be nice, plus it's easier since their aren't as many games.

[Gavmundo]

Maybe Inter.....

The reason I said Portugal is because he's from there. And he and Abrom. didn't get along well because Abrom thought it was necessary to butt in, in Mourinho's signings and such. So I think the idea of him coaching Portugal, where he makes ALL the calls, would be nice, plus it's easier since their aren't as many games.

Well in MOST clubs the manager makes all the calls. Certainly in Chelsea's case there was a lot of interference but there has been interference from day one. We can tell the relationship broke down over Mourinho's attempts to exert his influence. Nothing more damaging that a clash of personalities ;)

[shevafan]

i heard that mourinho got a in fight with terry before the rosenborg match and that was sort of the last push to his nerves to make him leave.

[Gavmundo]

There was a rumour about that but it only appears to be generated from the media and Chelsea and Terry have denied it (course they would), Terry has threatened legal action over the story but if it did happen it was just something small. Managers don't leave over such things. There were much bigger reasons for Mourinho's departure and things that had been going on for a long time!

[shevafan]

There was a rumour about that but it only appears to be generated from the media and Chelsea and Terry have denied it (course they would), Terry has threatened legal action over the story but if it did happen it was just something small. Managers don't leave over such things. There were much bigger reasons for Mourinho's departure and things that had been going on for a long time!
wel obviously. i just said that it might of been the "last push" on mourinho to make him want to leave. cause terry is obviously his best friend on the team and if that guy gets pissed at him then mourinho might as well say screw it im leaving cause hes got noone left to stay there. but obviously this is just a guess. there were much bigger reasons that he left.

[valdanito_10]

I dont think he left, i think they left him.

[Gavmundo]

Yea I don't believe it was anything to do with falling out with players. I think chelsea push forward those rumours so there is some excuse. Chelsea fell out with Mourinho a long time ago and it was only a matter of time before he was pushed out.

[emode]

I heard Maurinho might be the new Valencia's coach after Sanchez Flores was sacked. Anyone heard about it? Is it true? I'm hoping Maurinho will continue in the EPL tho

[Lance Knight]

yea my bet is on valencia, but he might argue alot with board
but he would be going head to heaf woth rijkard(ap) and Schuster

[Becks]

He will expect a team that is pre-made to win.
Valencia are far from that...aside from David Villa and a few others.

[Andygers]

He will expect a team that is pre-made to win.
Valencia are far from that...aside from David Villa and a few others. Yeah that is pretty much the idea, there were rumours over in Spain that Frank Rijkaard will leave Barca and Jose will take over.

[shevafan]

i only heard 2 teams he might coach in the future and thats: portuguese national team and barcelona.
i would hate it if he coached barca. hed totally destroy that team. coaching portugal wouldn't be a bad idea, but i think hes on contract that doesnt allow him to coach a team out of england for a couple of years. not sure though.

[emode]

^thats crazy not able to coach a team out of england for a couple of years!!! So where he's gonna go then? Arsenal? I never heard of such contract!

[shevafan]

^thats crazy not able to coach a team out of england for a couple of years!!! So where he's gonna go then? Arsenal? I never heard of such contract!
yeah there was somthing like that in his chelsea contract that stated that if he left chelsea he couldnt coach like out of england or in england not sure:lol: he can pay money to buy himself out of it though

[emode]

yeah there was somthing like that in his chelsea contract that stated that if he left chelsea he couldnt coach like out of england or in england not sure:lol: he can pay money to buy himself out of it though
O well maybe he should start looking into coaching the England NT. They could sure use a good manager and Maurinho happened to be one. Wouldn't that be sweet Maurinho as the England Manager :D