Chelsea's quiet, youthful revolution that Mourinho wouldn't recognise

As the Jose Mourinho circus clatters into north London, with all the sideshows, dodgems, and ghost goal trains associated with it, the irony is that Chelsea’s progress, as they prepare to face champions Manchester City today, is being achieved with a serenity the Special One would find almost unrecognisable.

Mourinho will always be associated with Chelsea, no matter what he achieves at Tottenham, but although his legacy at Stamford Bridge extends to an influence on the career of current manager Frank Lampard, there appears very little of the Portuguese in the way his former pupil is running the show these days.