Di Matteo happy to be home at Blues

ROBERTO DI MATTEO begins work at Chelsea this week after almost a decade away, delighted to be back at a club he considers to be home.

The Italian was announced as Andre Villas-Boas’s assistant on Wednesday and begins work today at the club where he spent the best years of his playing career before injury forced him to retire in early 2002.

Fondly remembered as a creative yet combative midfielder with an eye for goal, Di Matteo struck goals in one League Cup and two FA Cup finals to earn his place in Stamford Bridge folklore, before going into management with MK Dons and West Brom.