The Premier League has apologised to Chelsea after an article which appeared to confirm Jose Mourinho as the club’s new manager was published on its official website.
The article, headlined ‘Jose Mourinho makes Chelsea return’, was published with Monday’s date on it and has since been removed from the premierleague.com website.
A spokesman for the Premier League confirmed the article had been published in error.
Mourinho, who managed Chelsea between 2004 and 2007 and led them to back-to-back Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006, is widely expected to return to Stamford Bridge and on Saturday night took charge of his final match as Real Madrid boss.
A Premier League spokesman said: “It was a publishing error. We took it down as soon as we were notified of it, and we’ve spoken to and apologised to Chelsea. We have no prior knowledge of any movement or any announcement (regarding Mourinho).”
The Mourinho era at Real ended on Saturday night with a 4-2 win over Osasuna in the Primera Division, with the Portuguese having already confirmed he would leave the Spanish giants at the end of the season.
Mourinho had two seasons in charge of Inter Milan before moving to Madrid.
