Analysing the managerial changes in Premier League this season

The new season in England brings with it managerial changes among three of the new ‘top four’ in the Premier League. Also, the appointments of Mark Hughes at Stoke and Roberto Martinez at Everton stir up the plot perfectly.

Chelsea: The return of ‘The Special One’ or ‘The Happy One’, as he now prefers being called has not only whet the appetite of every Chelsea fan but every football fan across England.

Jose Mourinho

The Mourinho we see now seems to have mellowed with age just a bit, but you cannot afford to take a man who Sir Alex Ferguson stopped playing mind games with, lightly. The signings of Andre Schurrle and Van Ginkel seem very shrewd acquisitions and Mourinho has been known to build teams at Chelsea which can fight flair with flair and muscle with muscle.

With players like Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar already forming a very fluid attacking trio and rumours suggesting that Mourinho has his sights set on a certain Liverpudlian in Manchester, Chelsea fans would expect an upgrade on the European trophy they won the previous season.

You have to remember that Mourinho hasn’t won the Champions League with Chelsea, the trophy Roman Abramovich so covets. With all the right noises coming out of Stamford Bridge and Mourinho finally looking at ‘home’ after a torrid time with the fans and the press in Spain, this could well be the perfect wedding that is here to stay.