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Mourinho attends first press conference as Chelsea manager

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Mourinho is finally a man in The Blue for the second time in his career. He officially took place a press conference on Monday where more than 250 journalists fired questions from all corners, but magnificent Mourinho never hesitated to answer every bit of query he was asked. He also unveiled his official t-shirt wearing his name and described himself a ‘Special One’ during his press meet. The Portuguese brainy has earlier led Chelsea back from 2004 to 2007; perhaps he has a record of two back to back title wins for The Blues. He is similarly optimistic for his second spell as well and that is why he has been given a lucrative budget to hire new talents he thinks fit for Chelsea’s next campaign. His current deal is for four-year term, hence he would be having a sufficient time to settle down and make changes from the grass root level. Earlier, his relationships with club boss Roman Abramovich were known to everyone, in fact, unpleasant understandings between them made him left the club … [Read more...]

Chelsea new manager eyes on Eliaquim Mangala

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Last week, Chelsea’s new manager Jose Mourinho joined the Blue and started the rebuilding process right away as he did during his last tenure with the EPL club. He has a long list of players he wanted to include in his squad to strengthen his team across all departments, including attack, defense, and midfield, and one of his interesting contenders for midfield area is Porto’s Eliaquim Mangala - the 22-year-old sensational central defender from Primeira Liga. Until recently, he was a junior player but after a great success in the last domestic season, he got promoted from France’s Under-21 team to senior French national soccer team for their tour to South America. Another key factor that can affect his asking price by his club is whether he would make his senior debut for France or not, coz at the moment, Porto is reportedly asking a price of £30 million for the defender but if he becomes a senior player for France’s national team, his club would surely hike his price tag also. In any … [Read more...]

Jose Mourinho has not joined Chelsea as told by Premier League

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When a news is revealed by a reliable source, it is often understood that it would cent percent be accurate, but sometimes, in many cases, river flows in the opposite direction. Indeed, there have been many cases in the past when a fabled news source published a story and after knowing the mistake, they immediately put it offline. This time, it happens with Jose Mourinho who recently discharged from Real Madrid after defeating Osasuna by 4-2. Actually, Premier League issued a story last Sunday that Mourinho had joined his old club Chelsea where he had served in the past from 2004 to 2008. The rumors were in the air for quite some time about his link ups with The Blue, but no official information has ever been disclosed either by Jose Mourinho or Chelsea, and when this news of their deal flashed on by the Premier League on its website, everyone stunned to see how come all this happened all of a sudden within few days of his departure from La Liga club? The ‘wrong’ story was immediately … [Read more...]

A possible playoff between Chelsea and Arsenal

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Current EPL season is not willing to lose its charm despite entering into the last leg of matches. This season has been more popular for third and fourth places than first and second ones, coz throughout the league; first two positions were secured by United and City while it was a kind of flip flop for the rest two positions in the top four. Third position is important coz its placeholder will automatically be qualified for the Championship league group stage while fourth placeholder will also impart in another Championship qualifying round. Chelsea has been in news for his temporary manager who has announced to finish on the top four, but a third position will be more suited to fulfill his ambitions despite the fact that he is going to leave Blues after this season. At the moment, Chelsea is comfortable at third place while Arsenal is closely following it at fourth place and both of them have one match to play. Interestingly, final matches can not only decide their faith but the … [Read more...]

Frank Lampard sets up new record, pushes Chelsea into Champions League

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Chelsea’s midfielder Frank Lampard has achieved a milestone by becoming the highest goals’ scorer for his club beating Bobby Tambling's record of 202 goals. He also played the lead role in away match with Aston Villa on Saturday by scoring both goals for his side. His goals came on the right time coz Chelsea was trailing with 1-0 at one stage but when Lampard struck a goal in 61st minute and then a winner in the 88 minutes, it was confirmed that Blues would play in the Champions League. It was a dream for his temporary manager to finish at least in the top four, and he did it in style thanks to the record breaking performance by Frank Lampard. Lampard has been playing for Chelsea back since 2001 when he shifted from West Ham and after his twelve years association with the club, 34-year old has now added a milestone to his name and turned into the highest scorer for Chelsea. Looking at his nearby contract expiry, it is not yet sure if he can add too many goals to his magical number, but … [Read more...]