A cikin watan Yuli 2003, Bates ya sayar da Chelsea ga billionaire na Rasha Roman Abramovich na £ 140 miliyan. An kashe fiye da £ 100 miliyan a kan sababbin 'yan wasa, amma Ranieri bai iya ba da kofin ba, kuma José Mourinho ya maye gurbinsa. A karkashin Mourinho, Chelsea ta zama tawagar Ingila ta biyar da ta lashe gasar zakarun Turai tun bayan yakin duniya na biyu (2004 <unk> 05 da 2005 <unk> 06), ban da lashe gasar cin kofin FA (2007) da kuma gasar cin kofin League biyu (2005 da 2007). Bayan mummunan farawa ga kakar 2007 <unk> 2008, Mourinho ya maye gurbin Avram Grant, wanda ya jagoranci kulob din zuwa gasar zakarun Turai ta farko, wanda suka rasa a hukuncin karshe ga Manchester United. Tambaya: Wanene ya sayi Chelsea a 2003?
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