Berita tabloid:

Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season to return to Chelsea.
BILD says Mourinho has agreed to return to Stamford Bridge, where he enjoyed three years of success.

It's reported Blues owner Roman Abramovich has already secured a first "gift" for Mourinho - the signature of Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao in a deal worth €60 million.

Mourinho will surely be well aware of the developments as he shares the same agent, Jorge Mendes, with the Colombian.

The report has been echoed in Marca and AS this morning.

Chelsea could land Jose Mourinho on the cheap this summer and get the former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso into the bargain if the Real Madrid coach goes back to Stamford Bridge.

The contract extension that Mourinho signed in May of last year included a £20m buyout fee but the clause is only payable if he leaves Real Madrid in mid-season. Although he has three years left on his deal, the club are prepared to negotiate a sum much lower than Mourinho's €12m (£10.2m) a year salary, such is the desire on both sides to part ways next month.

Mourinho is understood to not have a problem working with Roman Abramovich's hierarchy, including Chelsea's technical director, Michael Emenalo, and his move away from the Spanish capital will not be blocked by Real, who are already preparing for life beyond him with Carlo Ancelotti. The former Chelsea manager is likely to cost them nothing, having agreed to terminate his €7m-a-year rolling (£5.9m) contract with Paris Saint-Germain.

Alonso is out of contract at the end of next season and has still not responded to Real Madrid's offer of a two-year extension. The 31-year-old has become one of Mourinho's biggest allies at the Bernabeu while other Spain internationals have fallen out with the Portuguese coach.

It is believed Alonso is delaying his decision to see whether his coach remains in charge beyond the end of the season. Mourinho's career has been marked by the close relationships he has formed with his players but at Real that is something that has not happened. Alonso has been the exception in the dressing room, causing friction between himself and other team-mates who have covertly lobbied for Mourinho's removal.

Another option for Alonso is to hold out until the end of the 2013-14 season when he will be in a position to cut his own deal away from Madrid. But the club would prefer to get a fee for the World Cup- and European Championship-winning midfielder and though Alonso is expected to finish his career at his first club, Real Sociedad, where he played before he signed for Liverpool in 2004, he has indicated to friends at the Basque club that he wants one more foreign spell.

A move to Chelsea would be complicated by Frank Lampard being offered a one-year contract extension, as revealed in yesterday's Independent.

Having targeted Ancelotti, Real are also planning to fast-track Zinedine Zidane through their coaching ranks as they prepare to fill the void left by Mourinho. Ancelotti has never been a popular supporters' choice at the Bernabeu but giving Zidane a prominent coaching role alongside the man who managed him at Juventus is being seen as a possible solution. Zidane had already been tipped to take charge of one of the youth sides next season.

Radamel Falcao would appear to be Mourinho's marquee signing on his rejoining Chelsea. The Colombian striker will leave Atletico Madrid at the end of the season and is represented by Mourinho's agent Jorge Mendes. But another Mendes client, Cristiano Ronaldo, put good distance between his own and Mourinho's future after Real's Champions League exit to Dortmund. Asked about his compatriot's future, Ronaldo said: "It is not important to me. What matters to me is my future and Real Madrid's."

urgent! line up please

if bayern wins the champions league and chelsea wins europa league...

then euro super cup...

Xabi Alonso's proposed summer move to Chelsea now looks even likelier as the club privately confirmed to ESPN they have concrete interest in the player.


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Xabi Alonso is reportedly on the verge of leaving Spain
The midfielder’s future has been the subject of increased speculation over the last two days, with the Independent reporting that he could be available at a cut price when Jose Mourinho arrives at Stamford Bridge in the summer.

It now appears likely that the Portuguese coach will return to Chelsea once he leaves Real Madrid and, to a significant degree, it is Alonso’s relationship with the coach that is leading to an expected departure from the Bernabeu.

Sources have said that the 31-year-old is "deeply unimpressed" with the current tension at Madrid. While a number of the Spanish side’s squad have turned against Mourinho - and even lobbied for his sacking - Alonso is one of few players to stay ultra loyal to the manager.

As a part consequence of that, it is understood that both Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa have been effectively ostracised by the Spanish national squad. The midfielder was one of the key exponents of the aggressive approach that Mourinho often used against Barcelona, greatly increasing friction.

Alonso is now known to want a move away from Spain, preferably to London. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has also previously been an admirer of the midfielder and tried to sign him in 2009 before Alonso moved from Liverpool to Real Madrid.

Yet, although Arsenal may resurrect a bid, there are a number of reasons why he is far more likely to go to Chelsea.

Aside from Alonso wanting to keep working with Mourinho, his position is one area that the club specifically want to improve this summer. The Spaniard would be a perfect, with Mourinho understood to have made this known in negotiations.

Huh? I thought 2010 ComShield Chelsea lost ManUtd   

typical chelsea fan bending the truth?
can i say typical?