CHELSEA coach Jose Mourinho has left the club, the club has confirmed.
A statement said that the two parties had agreed to part company today by mutual consent.
Mourinho is believed to have contacted five senior players yesterday afternoon to inform them of his departure and by midnight the entire first team squad were aware he was going.
Peter Kenyon, the clubs chief executive, Bruce Buck, the chairman, and Abramovichs key aide, Eugene Tenenbaum, were called to an emergency meeting at Stamford Bridge last night to discuss the crisis.
Former Israel coach Avram Grant, recruited in the summer as director of football, is expected to take charge of the side for Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester United.
A statement on the Chelsea website confirmed: "Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have agreed to part company today by mutual consent."
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