Who would have ever, ever put money on Jose Mourinho to be the first premiership manager to face the axe this season? They say he left Chelsea by ‘mutual consent’ but I don’t believe it for a second.

“The decision comes after the club held a crisis meeting to discuss the indifferent start to the new season.”

It’s been no secret that there has been some tension, shall we say, between the Abramovich, the boardroom and the big man himself but Jose is not the kind of manager to just up and leave in such a sudden and frankly shocking way. He always declared his love for Chelsea and desire to see out his contract which ended in 2010, and with the most loyal team of players behind him it would have had to have taken a serious bust-up to force him out the door.

Abramovich has always had a few screws loose when it comes to football. No other club has had so much money to throw around and it’s fantastic for building a world beating squad but letting this Russian look at the players market is like taking my Nan to Halfords. You end up spending £70 on a wiper blade that doesn’t even fit. Shevchenko and Ballack are great players; don’t get me wrong, but in football you build your team around the system and not the other way around. Tactically Mourinho is sound. It may not be fascinatingly entertaining but his system works. Two Premiership titles prove that. Bring in these multi-million pound stars (OK, Ballack was on a free transfer but at £130,000 a week he is also the most highly paid footballer in the UK) and you’ve got players who look great on posters but shocking on the pitch.

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