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(FILES) Chelsea's Manager Jose Mourinho (C) holds aloft the Barclays Premiership trophy beside Frank Lampard (L) and John Terry (R) during the celebrations after the game against Charlton at Stamford Bridge in London, 07 May 2005. Jose Mourinho's three-year reign at Chelsea came to an abrupt end Thursday 20 September 2007, as the Portuguese manager's fraught relationship with the club's Russian owner Roman Abramovich finally reached breaking point. An announcement that will send shockwaves through English and European football came in the early hours of Thursday morning with Chelsea claiming that Mourinho had left "by mutual consent." AFP PHOTO/Adrian DENNIS/FILES (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP FILES / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP FILES/AFP via Getty Images)