03 Februari 2012

Jose: I’ll manage Chelsea

SECOND COMING ... Jose Mourinho
SECOND COMING ... Jose Mourinho

The Special One is quitting Spanish giants Real Madrid in the summer to come back to England.

And the two-time Champions League winner, who bagged six trophies in just three years at Stamford Bridge, is keen on resuming his old job in SW6.

A top source close to Mourinho revealed last night: "Jose would go back to Chelsea."

The only stumbling block is that this time Mourinho will insist Blues' billionaire owner Roman Abramovich gives him TOTAL control of team affairs, free from any interference.

That way he guarantees to bring the glory days back to the Fulham Road club.

The source added: "He knows things are a mess there right now. He also knows it would be difficult to go back and make the same impact as before.

"Winning the Premier League title back to back in his first two years at a club that had not been champions for 50 years was incredible. That's why he's still loved by the fans and why he still loves the club. They were special days.

"But before agreeing, he would want things very clear between him and Roman Abramovich.

"He would say 'Roman, you are the owner and I am the boss here. Let's work together and the power is in our hands'.

"For Jose that would be the perfect partnership."

Abramovich might well be tempted. The Londoners have tried a succession of managers since Mourinho's shock departure in 2007 — Avram Grant, Phil Scolari, Guus Hiddink, Carlo Ancelotti and now Mourinho's ex- scout Andre Villas-Boas.

But all have failed to match Mourinho's heroics.

Hiddink won the FA Cup and Ancelotti did the Double, while current boss Villas-Boas has Chelsea only fourth after a string of disappointing displays and results.

Villas-Boas was brought in at a cost of almost £25million — including a £12m three-year contract, £5m compensation to his former club Porto and severance pay for Ancelotti.

But Mourinho believes he has unfinished business.

He won all four domestic trophies — Premier League, FA and Carling Cups and Community Shield — but never captured the Champions League crown.

Adding Chelsea to his previous successes with Porto and Inter Milan would be his top aim — an ambition shared by Abramovich.

Facebook painter is 'in line for £126m'

Facebook artist David Choe
Rich ... David Choe

A GRAFFITI artist who covered Facebook's offices with murals in return for shares in the social network is getting ready for a reported £126million payday.

David Choe's once meagre share would be worth the colossal sum once the networking giant floats on the stock exchange.

He swapped a pay packet of just a few thousand dollars for his stake in the firm seven years ago — despite thinking the idea was "ridiculous and pointless" at the time.

But Facebook could be valued at up to £63billion ($100billion) this spring when it goes public on Wall St.

And Choe, 35, will be one of at least 1,000 Facebook employees who will become millionaires overnight.

Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz and Sean Parker at Facebook headquarters
Web brains ... (from left) Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz and Sean Parker at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in May 2005

Choe painted the Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, California, in 2005 and was offered the choice of cash or shares by then-president Sean Parker.

He and founder Mark Zuckerberg later posed for pictures in front of the colourful murals.

Little did Choe know Facebook would eventually boast 845million users across the globe and is still growing. Its membership has swelled by 39 per cent in the past year alone.

Zuckerberg owns 28 per cent of the company and will control 57 per cent of votes.

He currently takes a salary of £316,000 ($500,000) — but will be paid just a DOLLAR a year from 2013.

The site raked in £632million ($1billion) profits last year and hopes to crack China, where it is currently banned, to grow even more.

Facebook will raise an estimated £3.1billion ($5billion) by selling shares in the business.

It is unclear whether Choe has sold any of his stake in private as he refuses to discuss his holding to protect his privacy.

He also reportedly claims to have looted during the LA riots in 1992 and spent time in prison.

DUIT