Chelsea and AC Milan have agreed terms for the two-year loan deal of striker Fernando Torres to the Italian club, the Blues have announced.

Angel di Maria has bid farewell to his Real Madrid team-mates as a possible move to Manchester United moves closer.

Although Louis van Gaal appears to be closing in on the Manchester United job, this week’s Champions League action offered clues to a possible alternative narrative had the hunt for David Moyes’ successor taken another route.

Fulham 1 Chelsea 3

Galatasaray 1 Chelsea 1

Galatasaray 1 Chelsea 1

Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 2

They nickname him ‘el pistolero’ — the gunman — in South America. But as Luis Suarez approaches his third year at Liverpool, perhaps ‘el torbellino’ — the whirlwind — is more appropriate.

Manuel Pellegrini has a difficult decision on his hands once again as he weighs up whether to stick with Joe Hart for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Norwich.

Jose Mourinho knew it would take more than a flick of a switch to turn Chelsea into serial winners.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho felt Fernando Torres’ harsh dismissal cost his team victory against Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

Bayern 2 Chelsea 2 (5-4 on pens)

Petr Cech has questioned the Premier League rule which could mean Chelsea have to play Arsenal in an end-of-season play-off.

Chelsea 2 Benfica 1

Benfica 1 Chelsea 2

Rubin Kazan 3 Chelsea 2 (Chelsea win 5-4 on aggregate)

Rafael Benitez has warned John Terry a place in his first XI is not guaranteed after the Chelsea captain’s fitness travails.

Interim Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez accused Fernando Torres’ statistics-obsessed critics of being clueless after the striker’s dry January continued against Arsenal.

Rafael Benitez thinks John Terry’s return to action could give Chelsea the steel they have been lacking in recent weeks.

Chelsea 8 Aston Villa 0

Swansea 1 West Ham 1

Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2

Chelsea 4 Reading 2

Chelsea 4 Reading 2

Spain had to win, and to win in style.

When it comes to ranking my shameful confessions, this one doesn’t quite make it to the top spot.

For Petr Cech, it was a case of when in Germany do what the Germans do.

When Fernando Torres’ goal hit the net, I literally held my head in my hands in stunned and silent disbelief before going absolutely mental, joyous screaming and punching the air with utter abandonment.

The Spanish press were this morning reflecting on Barcelona’s shock exit from the Champions League against Chelsea, pointing out the Catalans’ bad luck and the “three darkest days” of coach Pep Guardiola’s four-year reign.

Fulham 1 Chelsea 1

Roberto Di Matteo has hailed the fighting spirit in the Chelsea squad as they stake a last-ditch claim to clinch a Champions League spot with a top-four finish in the Barclays Premier League.

Everton 2 Chelsea 0

Manchester United’s point at Stamford Bridge may have felt almost like a win, but this was probably the weekend when the balance of the title race tipped in favour of Manchester City.

Swansea 1 Chelsea 1

Alex Ferguson saw Manchester United get back to winning ways against Bolton on Saturday but was left baffled by the increasingly thorny issue of red cards in the Barclays Premier League.

Andre Villas-Boas today declared Frank Lampard had every chance of breaking Chelsea’s all-time goalscoring record after the midfielder scored one of the luckiest winners of his career to see off Sunderland.

Barclays Premier League strugglers Wolves took a shock half-time lead at third-placed Tottenham.

Chelsea 3 Wolves 0

Chelsea 4 Swansea 1

Liverpool 2 Wolves 1

Raul Meireles has insisted he never wanted to leave Liverpool but admitted he jumped at the chance to join Chelsea when it became clear he would be sold.

Arsenal rounded off a busy transfer deadline day with the sensational last-gasp £10m swoop for Everton playmaker Mikel Arteta.

Chelsea tonight succeeded in another last-gasp raid of Liverpool after completing the signing of Raul Meireles with minutes of the transfer window remaining.

Liverpool midfielder Raul Meireles tonight handed in a written transfer request, fuelling speculation he was set for a last-gasp move to Chelsea.