Football's greatest firestarter is back... but is he ready for the new Chelsea?

And so by popular demand: the Special One II. Jose Mourinho swaggers back to Stamford Bridge as a gun-smoked action man in search of his sequel, striding through wreckage as Real Madrid burns in the distance beside the smouldering remains of Inter Milan.

Mourinho rarely goes quietly, and three divisive years at Madrid ended with a blaze of flashbulbs at the Bernabeu.

Some have wondered openly about his state of mind but there will be no rest. It is straight to Chelsea, his homeland where a heroic reputation is utterly unblemished among fans even if, behind closed doors, people still talk of his less appealing methods of manipulation and control.

Back at the Bridge: Mourinho was unveiled at Chelsea's training ground on Monday