Manchester City performed a remarkable comeback to overturn a 3-0 deficit and defeat Chelsea 3-4 in their end of season friendly.

The two sides met in St Louis during their post-season tours of the USA. read more »

Chelsea star Juan Mata says Jose Mourinho would be welcome at the club because he is one of the best managers.

Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season and is widely expected to return to Stamford Bridge.

Mata said: “Well, obviously Jose is one of the best. He won everything in every country he was. In Portugal, in Italy, in Chelsea in London, in England and Spain as well. read more »

Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola says former manager Jose Mourinho’s expected return to the club ‘should be good’.

Asked about the Special One’s imminent return to Stamford Bridge, he said: “Well, it looks like it. He’s certainly a great manager, he knows the players, he knows the atmosphere, so… it should be good.” read more »

Footballers’ contracts usually have a long list telling them things they aren’t allowed to do. We would have thought driving a cart round like this with two team-mates on board is one of the items on that list.

Chelsea star David Luiz did a bit of off-roading at the club’s Cobham training ground this week, with Fernando Torres and Yossi Benayoun as his passengers. read more »

Like father, like son.

This looks uncannily like the Fernando Torres we’ve witnessed for much of his time at Chelsea. It’s actually his son Leo, who is one-on-one with Damian Cech, the pint-sized keeper son of Petr.

Let’s see how he gets on… read more »