With José happy again the future looks blue

IT’S been a stress free week after the nightmare that was Anfield. José is smiling again, we disposed of Wycombe very, very easily, as should be expected — and as for Forest, well, we didn’t even seem to break sweat.

But of course it’s not the football that’s been making the headlines when it comes to Chelsea. Depending on whom you believe, one of the following scenarios is now the state of play at the Bridge. Scenario One — Roman has come to his senses and realised that Mourinho is the best manager in the world and has decided to butt out and maintain the status quo, and everyone lives happily ever after.

Or there’s the Mario Rosenstock theory . . . José is on his way to Real Madrid (along with John Terry and Lampard). Cannavaro is coming the other way and Hiddink and Rijkaard will form a “dream team” joint management partnership. Others inform us that it’s Mancini who is replacing José with a septuagenarian Israeli being employed to coach Shevchenko. Only problem with that is that Mancini dismissed the speculation.