MICHAEL Emenalo has offered to resign from his role as Chelsea’s sporting director to facilitate the return of Jose Mourinho, reports The Times of London.

It is understood that Emenalo’s proposal was immediately rejected by Roman Abramovich, the owner, who views him as an important adviser and wants to keep him at Stamford Bridge.

Emenalo’s influence emerged as a potential problem during negotiations to bring Mourinho back as manager, but Abramovich is determined to keep him and is adamant that the pair work together.

Mourinho did not demand Emenalo’s removal, but the former Nigeria defender is believed to have told Abramovich that he was willing to leave if that would make it easier for Chelsea to get Mourinho.

Meanwhile, Barcelona’s Vice President, Carles Vilarrubi has precicted that Mourinho’s Chelsea comeback will end in disaster.

The self-appointed ‘Special One’ is set to return to Stamford Bridge this summer but Chelsea have been warned he is not the same manager as the one who left in 2007.

The Portuguese’s second spell in west London is due to be announced in the coming weeks as a club source said the deal was done.

The source told The Sun: ‘It’s official, Jose is a Chelsea man again! Everyone is delighted he’s coming back — the club, the players and the fans.

“We are already looking forward to next season — we are sure it’s going to be very exciting.’

But Vilarrubi says he won’t miss Mourinho when he leaves Real Madrid and Spanish football and says he is a disaster waiting to happen.

Vilarrubi told the Daily Telegraph: ‘It is not good for English football. Chelsea may think they had a good time from him in the past.

“But you will see the real Mourinho now. If he behaves like he did in Spain it will only be an unhappy relationship. A disaster. And at his age he is not going to change”.

“My position is not because he was the coach of a rival. But because of who he is and what he did. His three years in Spain he only creates disagreements, arguments, there is nothing positive he brings.

“You can learn good things about life from watching people in football, or the circus, or the opera. There was nothing he brought that was good. There was no positive balance. I cannot see anything good about him. Not one thing. In sporting terms, maybe I am not the person to ask. But in cultural terms, he was a disaster.

“Apart from his aggression to the coach of Barca, the ambience he creates everywhere he goes, the relations with the players, with the press are absolutely terrible. I am happy that he is leaving. And so is everyone in Spanish football.’