To say victory over Porto is a definite turning point in Chelsea’s season — or even that it has saved Jose Mourinho’s job — would perhaps be overstating the point given the size of their problems, but it has certainly changed the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge and prevented history repeating itself.

Success on the club front has proven relatively easy for Chelsea defender Niamh Fahey but it’s fixtures like today’s European Championship qualifier which will define whether she can add international progression to her repertoire.

Chelsea made a loss of £49.4million in the last financial year, but the west London club say they still satisfy UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations.

Chelsea last night insisted they still satisfy Uefa’s Financial Fair Play regulations despite making a loss of £49.4 million (€59.3m) in the last financial year.

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck believes the Barclays Premier League’s Financial Fair Play regulations are like ’cutting off an arm when you have a broken finger’.

Just as in 2004, Jose Mourinho walked into a packed room of expectant journalists at Stamford Bridge; and although this time there were twice as many to greet him and the atmosphere was more of excitement than suspicion, it didn’t look like an awful lot had changed — at least on the surface.

The odds on Manuel Pellegrini becoming Chelsea manager shortened today after talks reportedly opened with the Chilean last week.

Rafael Benitez can expect to be subjected to yet more abuse if Chelsea do not perform well in their next home game against Southampton, a Blues supporters group warned today.

Mark Clattenburg will be back in action tonight after Chelsea, the Premier League and the Professional Game Match Officials Limited issued a joint statement admitting regrets over the way his recent ordeal was handled and calling for a line to be drawn under the affair.

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has met referees, including Mark Clattenburg, in an effort to clear the air after the match official was cleared of racially abusing one of the club's players.

Ashley Cole has been interviewed as part of the Football Association’s investigation into allegations by Chelsea that referee Mark Clattenburg used inappropriate language towards their midfielder John Obi Mikel.

Referee Mark Clattenburg will not discover the outcome of the Football Association’s investigation into a complaint by Chelsea against the match official until next week.

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck insists the club are not hypocrites for supporting skipper John Terry and at the same time lodging a complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg.

Chelsea have announced a profit of €1.75m (€2.18m) for last year — the first time the club has finished in the black in the Roman Abramovich era.

Chelsea have announced a profit of £1.4m (€1.75m) for last year – the first time the club has finished in the black in the Roman Abramovich era.

John Terry will not lose the Chelsea captaincy, chairman Bruce Buck confirmed today.

Former FA chairman Lord Triesman believes black players feel let down by the governing body’s handling of the John Terry racism case.

John Terry will return for a fourth day of his disciplinary hearing tomorrow into a charge the Chelsea skipper used racist language on the pitch.

John Terry’s disciplinary hearing will go into a third day today as the Chelsea skipper continues to contest a charge of using racist language.

Chelsea captain John Terry was cleared of racially abusing an opponent during a Premier League match after one of the most high-profile trials involving a football player.

The Crown Prosecution Service has defended the decision to prosecute the former England captain John Terry after he was acquitted today of an aggravated public order offence against Anton Ferdinand.

John Terry was today cleared of hurling a racist obscenity at Anton Ferdinand.

Footballer Ashley Cole said England and Chelsea team mate John Terry should not have been taken to court over racism claims.

Footballer Ashley Cole said today England and Chelsea team-mate John Terry should not have been taken to court over racism claims.

Chelsea plan to open talks with Didier Drogba’s representatives later this week to work out the chances of him remaining at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has defended the number of managerial changes at Stamford Bridge since Roman Abramovich took over the club in 2003 and believes the club’s success in that period vindicates their policy of always having “the right manager” in place.

Andre Villas-Boas last night admitted his insistence he was at Chelsea for the long haul would carry more weight if publicly backed by the club’s hierarchy.

Andre Villas-Boas has dismissed suggestions he will be sacked as Chelsea manager if his side lose at Napoli tonight and insists he is already planning for next season.

Chelsea today announced a total loss of £67.7m for the financial year ending June 30, 2011.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has insisted owner Roman Abramovich had not given him a deadline to turn the club's season around, despite facing four defining games in the next fortnight.

THE doomsayers may warn that Andre Villas-Boas will be out of a job if Chelsea fail to beat Wolves today but the manager insists he retains the complete backing of Roman Abramovich and Chelsea’s players, despite his nightmare start to life at Stamford Bridge.

Andre Villas-Boas today insisted he retained the complete backing of Roman Abramovich and Chelsea’s players, despite his nightmare start to life at Stamford Bridge.

Roman Abramovich was today pondering whether to make a revised offer to buy back the freehold of Stamford Bridge after Chelsea fans succeeded with a dramatic revolt against his stadium masterplan.

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS has played down talk he could stay at Chelsea for the rest of his career, admitting he had expected to be at Porto for many years.

PREDICTABLY, the majority of the press focussed on the fact that this was the first opening game in the last 10 years that Chelsea had failed to win — personally, I was quite pleased with the way we played, if not necessarily with the result.

Carlo Ancelotti has insisted he will not beg to keep his job when he learns his fate as Chelsea manager next week.

IT’S good to be despised again. Enemies of football once more. Ruining the game, the axis of evil etc. Funny how we didn’t hear these phrases when City were buying anything that moved.

FERNANDO TORRES last night sealed his record-breaking move to Chelsea while David Luiz also completed a mega-money deadline-day switch to Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool have confirmed Fernando Torres has completed his move to Chelsea for a British record transfer fee. The player confirmed on his website he has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract.

Chelsea today announced a total loss of £70.9m (€83m) for the financial year ending June 30, 2010.

Frank Arnesen will step down as Chelsea's sporting director at the end of this season, the club have confirmed.

TO lose one of the world’s great managers may be regarded as a misfortune.

THERE’S a great temptation to quote the Wilde cliche on ‘carelessness’ after Fulham was succeeded by Everton. I’ll stick to blaming Fergie, for his inept tinkering with 10 minutes to go. You truly cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

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