Jose Mourinho to stay Blue until 2019

Jose Mourinho pledged his future to Chelsea as he signed a new four-year contract and declared that the club lies “closest to my heart”.

The Blues announced Mourinho’s new deal on the eve of the Barclays Premier League season opener with Swansea.

The Portuguese, who is in his second spell at Stamford Bridge, won the Capital One Cup and Premier League title last year. The new deal ties the self-proclaimed Special One to Chelsea until June 2019.