Mourinho to Chelsea is a DONE DEAL! Real boss pens £10m contract

Jose Mourinho is understood to have agreed a deal to rejoin Chelsea and could officially return to Stamford Bridge on July 1.

The Real Madrid manager is said to have dined with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich at the La Famiglia restaurant in west London where he is said to have accepted a £10million-a-year deal – although he still has to negotiate his release from Real.

As Sportsmail exclusively revealed on Thursday, Abramovich will have to pay Real a £12m release clause.
Chelsea are likely to announce the deal before leaving on their pre-season Far East tour, which means that Mourinho’s first match back at the helm will be a friendly against a Singha All Stars XI in Thailand on July 17.

Mourinho’s former assistant, Andre Villas-Boas, on Thursday said he suspected a deal had already been struck to bring him back to the club where he enjoyed such success.

The Spurs manager, who worked under Mourinho at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan, claimed his mentor would not have spoken so candidly about his desire to quit Madrid and return to the Premier League unless he had already lined up a return.