The Chels

So that's why he was taken off? Damn, so much for thinking it was because Conte had quickly realised Ivanovic's uselessness.

Check the Chelsea twitter feed.

€35m + €25m in bonuses and sealed in 30 minutes, according to reports in Spain...

A lesson in efficiency.

This reminds me... Mourinho's post-match comments (excuses) for that game were along the lines of: 'This is the difference between a manager who's had one season to work with his team and another who's in his third' bla bla bla. Well how was your team in its third season, Jose? The amount of bullshit this man and his followers speak to detract from his failings is incredible.

Weren't you on The Shed End talking ***t about this forum a while ago? Mourinhistas are an interesting breed, alright.

Oh look a Mourinho fan still disguised as a Chelsea one... Shouldn't you have moved over to Redcafe by now? By the way those 'pictures of this club' that he has in his office at United are just pictures of his children. Let's not pretend he's 'one of us'.

I blame Steve Holland.

The full article:

I'm awaiting the collective meltdown when Ivanovic plays another 90 minutes at RB and Azpi only gets some (if any) time at LB.

How can you criticise others' English and then write a post like this? You should read up about apostrophe usage and the comma splice.

£14m? The cheek!

What's the in-game aspect got to do with anything... You mean to say there were never practice matches with Jose in training? I am not saying that Ola was definitely hinting at Mourinho's man-management deficiencies with those lying outside his core of untouchables, but just that it is a possibility (and anybody hinting as such shouldn't be slighted for not being a native English speaker). Being of the opinion that this scenario is far-fetched and highly unlikely is all good and well, but I don't appreciate your pretending to know for fact the intention of Ola's words.

Woah there's no need for such a patronising response. It's very easy to infer, correctly or incorrectly, a dig at Mourinho in that quote. I don't know how you can say with certainty that Ola isn't implicitly comparing the two managers (with respect to how Mourinho was in training).

Jose Mourinho attempting to change date of Chelsea vs Manchester United as Stamford Bridge return is just three days after Europa League clash The excuses have begun early

Anybody know about the reliability of Diaro de Noticias?

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That's because they've changed it now.

So after this story spread through the Spanish media, some journalists with access to the audio are now saying the 'Costa is close' quote was fabricated by Gazzetta.

Hmm.... http://www.football-italia.net/87574/atletico-‘bacca-no-costa-yes’

And 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 when out of possession.

NEVER SELL COSTA

Was Ivanovic just defending 1v1 without his hands behind his back?

Jokes if it's 4-2-3-1.

Matt Law says he's definitely staying and reliable reports in Spain (Cadena SER) have said Atletico wouldn't be able to afford him. As it stands I think it's unlikely he'll leave.