I nearly lured Gerrard

Jose Mourinho has revealed how close Chelsea came to signing Liverpool’s Steve Gerrard.

It was during the Portuguese’s first spell at Stamford Bridge when he made a bid to lure the Reds’ legend to London.

He said: “I was dreaming of Makele, Gerrard and Lampard. We were playing in a proper triangle without a number 10 and playing Maka in front of the defenders. Me, Mr Abramovich and Peter Kenyon at that time, we dreamed of that.