It comes after Italian premier Giuseppe Conte extended restrictions on travel from the north to the entire country to try to stop the spread of coronavirus.

The mood is not positive around the Camp Nou ahead of tonight’s vital Champions League Group F game against Borussia Dortmund.

That’s better than Turin,” said the buddy on WhatsApp.

Jose Mourinho’s press conferences in recent months became increasingly fraught affairs; all sneering condescension, whining self-justification and self-pitying, mixed in with a healthy dose of Stalinist-era rewriting of history.

Jose Mourinho has enjoyed some remarkable days at Stamford Bridge — in fact it took him 78 matches to even lose a game there as manager — but as he returns to west London with struggling Manchester United today, he will be aware of some pretty painful memories, not least two sackings after poor performances at a ground he once called home.

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri reckons the players at Jose Mourinho’s disposal at Manchester United are the best in the Premier League – and that the Portuguese will win major silverware again.

Eden Hazard was excused from Chelsea’s Europa League trip to PAOK after twice telling Maurizio Sarri he was tired.

Maurizio Sarri knows even winning trophies is no guarantee of a lengthy stay at Chelsea.

Conte has left the Blues 55 days after lifting the FA Cup in his final match in charge - and having taken pre-season training earlier this week.

Antonio Conte has reportedly been sacked by Chelsea.

Chelsea 1 Manchester United 0: If this was Antonio Conte’s final game in charge of Chelsea, then he at least enjoyed the kind of swansong any manager would want.

Antonio Conte left Wembley with another piece of silverware and the love of the Chelsea faithful ringing in his ears on Saturday, the self-proclaimed “serial winner” who wore the look of a man who knows he is about to move on.

Jose Mourinho has told his Manchester United players to be happy rather than nervous as he revealed the secret of his cup final success.

Newcastle 3 Chelsea 0

Fantasy Premier League managers everywhere are strapping in for the wild ride that is Gameweek 38 - especially those for whom disaster struck last Friday.

Huddersfield 1 Chelsea 1

It wasn’t one of those games that will go down in FA Cup folklore — nor can I imagine will Mourinho have any sleepless nights between now and the final.

Chelsea have beaten Southampton 2-0 in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.

Chelsea 1 West Ham 1: Antonio Conte’s damning and withering verdict of Chelsea’s performance as they threw away two points against West Ham has left even more question marks hanging over his future - with any hope of Champions League football next season now looking forlorn.

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte insists his friend Gianluca Vialli was wrong to claim he "can't wait" to leave Stamford Bridge this summer.

It was probably not the best idea to put a keyboard in front of me at this precise moment in time as we have just given up one of the proudest records in top-flight football.

"We have two big problems."

Chelsea produced the kind of attacking performance in Europe that Manchester United fans were screaming for 24 hours earlier, but found centurion Lionel Messi was still too good for them, as they lost 3-0 in the Nou Camp in what was the harshest of Champions League lessons.

Willian says Chelsea must play the “perfect” game to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of Barcelona this evening.

"I had to go quiet for two or three minutes on co-commentary because I had to reflect on what I was seeing."

Hazard has criticised Chelsea's approach to the loss to Man City.

Manchester City 1 Chelsea 0: And then there were four. Four games and 12 points which Pep Guardiola and Manchester City require to make mathematically certain of the Premier League title after Bernardo Silva’s goal allowed his team to open up an 18-point lead at the top of the table. 

Yesterday’s game was a painful watch — the chasm in quality looked as big as the points difference between ourselves and City. And the final Champions League place is slipping further out of reach with every game.

Man United 2 - Chelsea 1: Antonio Conte may have seen his long-running feud with Jose Mourinho come to an end at Old Trafford but it may also have been the afternoon when the Chelsea manager saw his team’s hopes of a Champions League place similarly disappear into thin air.

Chelsea’s poor form since Christmas has gone almost under the radar. It has seen us fall from third on the coattails of United to fifth and the ignominy of following another league-winning season by failing to qualify for the Champions League.

Romelu Lukaku inspired Manchester United to a comeback win against former club Chelsea as Jose Mourinho got the better of Antonio Conte.

Antonio Conte accepts the extra pressure that comes with the Chelsea job due to the club’s modern “custom” of regularly changing managers.

Chelsea 1 Barcelona 1 

Lionel Messi broke his goal duck against Chelsea to deny Antonio Conte's side a crucial lead over Barcelona in their Champions League showdown.

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has revealed he has suffered sleepless nights plotting the downfall of Barcelona and Lionel Messi.

Champions League talking points with Ger McCarthy

When it came to memorable sights, United fans were spoiled for choice on Saturday at Huddersfield. 

Antonio Conte has spent the last month dissecting the defensive "weakness" he believes Chelsea must exploit to dump Barcelona out of the Champions League.

It was when Conte saw the shirt that he stopped smiling.

Chelsea feel a three-day break will help allow the players to return to training refreshed and ready tackle the challenges ahead under manager Antonio Conte.

Chelsea are unlikely to sack manager Antonio Conte following the 4-1 defeat at Watford last night.

Watford 4 Chelsea 1: Antonio Conte’s future as Chelsea boss was cast into further doubt as his 10 men were thrashed 4-1 by Watford last night.

Antonio Conte's future as Chelsea boss was cast into further doubt as his 10-men were thrashed 4-1 by Watford in the Premier League.

Antonio Conte has admitted that there is a real danger Chelsea will be without Champions League football next season following their humiliating home defeat against Bournemouth.

Olivier Giroud’s presence on the sidelines provided confirmation Antonio Conte had got the new striker he wanted during the January transfer window.