Ever since Jose Mourinho departed there have been Chelsea fans longing for his return

Mourinho began his managerial career with a nine game spell at Benfica

before entering the spotlight with elaborate celebrations after his Porto side knocked Manchester United out of the Champions League in 2004

Porto went on to win the Champions League that season as well as the Portuguese title

Mourinho became manager of Chelsea soon after, announcing himself as ”The Special One”

His first season in charge saw more on field celebrations after a famous aggregate victory over Barcelona

and Mourinho delivered a first title for 50 years to Stamford Bridge

Mourinho guided Chelsea to the title again in 2006

before apparent differences with owner Roman Abramovich over Andriy Shevchenko and stuttering results led to him departing Stamford Bridge in 2007

yet more on field celebrations followed after Inter knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League in 2010, and went on to win the competition

Mourinho departed Italy for Real Madrid after that success, and his team won the Copa Del Rey in his first season in charge

But Barcelona’s dominance in La Liga denied him the title in 2010/11.

But after parading the league title in front of Real’s supporters, Mourinho commits to the club until 2016

Real Madrid have endured a mixed 2012/13 La Liga campaign, a loss to Real Betis among some disappointing results which left them off the pace.

But Real have performed well against Barcelona, knocking their great rivals out of the Copa del Rey at the semi-final stage.

Mourinho got the better of old adversary Sir Alex Ferguson, knocking Manchester United out of the Champions League in the round of 16

However, Real bowed out at the semi-final stage for the second straight year after a 4-1 first-leg thumping in Dortmund left Ronaldo and co too much to do