CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho has appealed to UEFA to let him begin the season with a clean slate.

CHELSEA will spend the weekend deciding on the composition of the team which will attend next Thursday’s disciplinary hearing at UEFA HQ in Switzerland.

CHELSEA could face the ultimate sanction of disqualification from the Champions League after being accused by UEFA of telling deliberate lies about Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard and referee Anders Frisk.

CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho last night launched an astonishing double attack on Swedish referee Anders Frisk and UEFA as he raised the stakes even higher ahead of tonight’s crucial Champions League return leg against Barcelona at Stamford Bridge.