After losing to Aston Villa, drawing with Blackburn and then Rosenborg in the Champions League, Mourinho left the club 'by mutual consent' on September 20, 2007, amid rumours of a bust-up with the boardroom thought to stem from a breakdown in his relationship with skipper John Terry.
Mourinho left the club the most successful manager in Chelsea's history, having won five trophies for the club in three years and gone undefeated in all his home league games.
It took until June 2008 for him to get into his new role - taking over from Roberto Mancini at Serie A giants Internazionale on a three-year contract. He claimed to have learnt Italian in three weeks and the Italian press immediately took a dislike to his management style and the braggadocios persona which has won him so many friends in England.
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