CHELSEA TRANSFER: MOURINHO & RONALDO MOVE STAMFORD BRIDGE?

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo returning to England, the transfer take place at the end of the season. 

According to sources close to the self-anointed Special One, Real Madrid Manager Jose Mourinho is once again the chosen one. He is the man Roman Abramovich wants to succeed interim manager Rafa Benitez and a deal, say those sources, is as good as done.

This is not something anyone can confirm. Not when Jose Mourinho remains the manager of Real Madrid, and the Spaniards remain in the hunt for the Champions League championship this season. But Jose Mourinho has made no secret of his desire to return to England and the pouting Portuguese coach rarely speaks without an agenda. 

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NATIONS CUP FALLOUT: CHELSEA DROPS VICTOR MOSES

English club Chelsea have dropped their Nigeria international Victor Moses from the squad to face Sparta Prague in their Europa League tie on Thursday. 

The Nigeria international had been quickly recalled for the trip to the Czech Republic which forced him to travel back to England from South Africa instead of heading to Abuja with his teammates. But Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez has carefully avoided him.

It seems Benitez do not want to make the same mistake as Celtic manager, Neil Lennon, who played Efe Ambrose against Juventus two days after the Africa Cup of Nations final match against Burkina Faso in South Africa.

Ambrose, who only arrived in Glasgow on match day, turned out a huge deficit to Celtic despite his sterling performance for Nigeria in South Africa. Lennon confessed on Wednesday that he took “a gamble” by fielding Ambrose. He was disappointed.

Moses only arrived London on Tuesday for the Wednesday flight to Prague, "we had to drop him".

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Bring on Fergie and United! Ronaldo warms-up for Euro clash with 33 minute hat-trick for

Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo fired a warning to his former Manchester United team-mates by scoring his 21st hat-trick in Saturday's 4-1 demolition of Sevilla. 

After a defensive blunder let Karim Benzema open for Madrid 18 minutes in, Ronaldo unleashed an unstoppable strike to double the advantage in the 26th minute. 

 The former United star then went on to find the back of the net twice more in the 49th and 56th minute before being withdrawn just after the hour mark. 

Ronaldo did his best to make amends for his own goal that cost Madrid a loss at Granada in the last round with his 22nd, 23rd and 24th goals in the league this season. Only Barcelona's Lionel Messi, with 34, has scored more. 

 Madrid stayed in third place. It trails Barcelona by 13 points before the leader hosts Getafe on Sunday. With Madrid's Spanish league title defense all but mathematically impossible, a large share of its silverware hopes this season now rest on its round-of-16 Champions League tie with United starting in the Spanish capital on Wednesday.

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