Jase

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2290087/Michael-Ballack-testimonial-announced-June-5-Jose-Mourinho-Bastian-Schweinsteiger-attend.html

Ooops. How could I have missed that?! Edit edit edit!

It's highly unlikely that Lampard will ever go against Mourinho. As I said, the latter will know how to manage and use him (and Essien). He might be at fault for the AVB scenario but AVB didn't exactly help himself with his poor man management. And also, Lampard didn't play as much as he would probably have liked last season but he didn't seem to have any problem with Benitez, did he? Think Lampard has come to a point where he knows he won't be playing week in week out anymore. His contribution will still be important, both on and off the pitch, but certainly won't be playing every game anymore. As much as it's probably annoying to hear Essien keep on calling Jose 'daddy', it's just a relationship and nothing more. People are just being paranoid and have that nostalgic thinking Mourinho will just come back and revert everything back to the old days under him.

What makes you think those two would even be an issue? Both of those players are smart enough to realize that they are never going to be first team starters anymore and Mourinho is also intelligent enough to see that. He's not exactly one to let sentiments get the better of him. He will know how to manage and use the both of them and Essien didn't exactly cause any trouble at Madrid despite being a squad player, did he?

Mourinho wants to sell Mata?! :lol: :lol:

Can't beat Cech though (assuming if he can only speak those 5 languages). Cech can speak Czech, English, French, German, Slovak, Spanish, and Italian. Can also speak basic Russian, Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian apparently. Jose ain't that special.

Aah I see. Good then. And oh, also gave you your '1000th' like. You know what to do. Italian is another one.

Curious, how do you know? And this makes me ask, is Benitez a French speaker?

As Pacquiao already mentioned... http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8756944/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter That could easily mean nothing though. Sky came up with a hosts of special bets after Mourinho returned yesterday and this could be just one of them.

Jose Mourinho to offer West Brom loan star Romelu Lukaku Chelsea chance

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/jose-mourinho-told-he-cant-buy-the-title-by-chelsea-8643877.html

Just a shame that he probably won't have the full squad to work with from the start of pre-season with some of the players likely to be given some weeks off after their respective participating at the Confederations Cup.

Changing the formation may hide Sneijder defensive problems (assuming we get him) but his best position is ultimately still behind the ST. Play him anywhere else and you won't get the best out of him.

That will make our pivot even worse than it is right now, putting in someone there who can't even defend at all.

Reopening... There were reports earlier suggesting Mourinho wants Sneijder here and now there's this... Make of it what you will...

Perhaps I spoke too soon.

This is unusual...

Full length interview of Mourinho on Chelsea TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ilJ_8Aw5CMA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/03/euro-2020-david-bernstein-fa David Bernstein has said the FA Cup final will be played as the last game of the English domestic season again starting from next season.

City now have a proper winger in their ranks that will offer them something different to what they already have while we are still trying to figure out what to do with our RW...

Mourinho returns to Chelsea. Sneijder a favorite player under Mourinho. Links him with us. Typical lazy journalism from the media.

José Mourinho returns to a very different Chelsea from the one he left

Have I implied or even said anywhere that I'm blaming you or having the idea that you're starting this bickering here?! Look. At this point, I don't care who starts it or who's doing it, whether it's you or other members. It's getting idiotically out of hand that you guys just come in here and abusing one another without contributing anything meaningful to this thread (or some others) every single day! If anyone of you wants to continue this bickering any further, then go ahead. Just don't come back moaning when you get punished, be it being handed out warning points, suspended or banned because you have been warned!