A host of names have already been linked with the Chelsea manager’s job even though Avram Grant was not sacked until yesterday.

Chelsea have parted company with manager Avram Grant after terminating the Israeli's contract.

Captain John Terry insists Avram Grant has done enough to hold on to his job after guiding Chelsea to the first Champions League final in their history.

MIKEL JOHN OBI claims Chelsea’s players have talked their Carling Cup final defeat out of their systems as they prepare to return to Barclays Premier League action against West Ham tomorrow.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard will reject any offer to join Chelsea in order to stay with the Catalan club, according to his brother and agent Herman Rijkaard.

HENK TEN CATE admits he had a training ground argument with John Terry but insists he has “no problems” with the England captain.

Henk ten Cate admits he had a training ground argument with John Terry but insists he has “no problems” with the England captain.

Chelsea were today playing down suggestions of an alleged bust-up between coach Henk ten Cate and captain John Terry prior to Sunday’s Carling Cup final defeat by Tottenham.

Ajax have named Marco van Basten as their new coach with the former AC Milan striker set to take over after Euro 2008.

Chelsea assistant manager Henk Ten Cate has denied attempting to entice Ronaldinho to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea failed to hit the heights of last week’s 6-0 thrashing of Manchester City against strugglers Wigan at the JJB, but two fine first-half goals were enough to put them back in the Barclays Premier League hunt.

Former Tottenham boss Martin Jol has not ruled out a return to management in England.

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Didier Drogba has warned Chelsea all their good work against Valencia could be undone by Schalke on Wednesday night.

Didier Drogba’s decision to make public his desire to leave Chelsea put the club on the back foot again today.

Chelsea have confirmed former Ajax boss Henk ten Cate has joined the club as assistant first-team coach.

CHELSEA are on the brink of reaching an agreement with Henk ten Cate to join their coaching staff.

Chelsea have remained silent on suggestions by Ajax technical director Martin van Geel that the Barclays Premier League club did not conduct themselves in the proper manner over their bid to land coach Henk ten Cate.

Adrie Koster has been appointed interim coach of Ajax following the departure of Henk ten Cate.

Henk ten Cate is expected to join Avram Grant’s coaching team at Chelsea if he can agree personal terms with the English club.

CHELSEA are refusing to confirm that Henk ten Cate will arrive at Stamford Bridge to join Avram Grant’s coaching team.

Ajax have reached an agreement with Chelsea over the transfer of coach Henk ten Cate to the Premier League club.

HENK TEN CATE has confirmed his current club Ajax are in negotiations with Chelsea over his proposed move to Stamford Bridge.

Ajax coach Henk ten Cate is being strongly linked with a move to Stamford Bridge after Chelsea confirmed they are looking at the possibility of appointing a foreign coach to work alongside Avram Grant.

SEVILLA showed they are in fine shape ahead of Wednesday’s tough Champions League match against Arsenal with an impressive 4-1 home win over Recreativo Huelva last night.

A late goal from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar earned Ajax a 1-0 win at Heracles Almelo although they could lose their lead at the top of the Eredivisie as soon as Sunday.

Ajax moved to within three points of Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven with a 3-0 win over struggling Heracles Almelo.

BARCELONA grabbed a first away win since November in La Liga after sealing an emphatic 4-0 victory at Recreativo Huelva at the weekend.

Ajax sparked fresh life into the Eredivisie title race today by thrashing leaders PSV Eindhoven 5-1 at the Philips Stadion.

Ajax winger Ryan Babel has played down speculation he is set to leave the Eredivisie giants after speculation linked him with Arsenal this week.

DUTCH giants Ajax’s faltering title hopes were dealt another blow on Saturday but Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven got back on track for a third successive crown with three points against ADO Den Haag.

RUUD VAN NISTELROOY grabbed a sensational hat-trick as Real Madrid won 4-1 at newly-promoted Levante yesterday.

Spartak Moscow beat Czech side Slovan Liberec 2-1 tonight in the second leg of their third-round qualifier to progress on aggregate by the same score and reach the Champions League group stages.

Ajax head coach Henk ten Cate has admitted he would like to take Tottenham midfielder Edgar Davids back to Amsterdam.

Press speculation in Holland is mounting that Tottenham coach Martin Jol will become the new coach at Ajax.

Tottenham head coach Martin Jol has emerged as the frontrunner to succeed Ronald Koeman as coach of Ajax.

Chelsea have been accused of being “pathetic” bad losers following their Champions League defeat by Barcelona – and are set to face further embarrassment if UEFA throw out a claim that the Spanish club’s coach Frank Rijkaard entered referee Anders Frisk’s dressing room at half-time.

Chelsea’s complaint to UEFA over the conduct of Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard and referee Anders Frisk during their Champions League tie in the Nou Camp stadium will now centre around the vexed question of whether the Dutchman entered the official’s dressing room at half-time.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard could face a reprimand by UEFA for talking to referee Anders Frisk inside the official’s own dressing room during the half-time interval of their Champions League clash with Chelsea last night.