LONDON : Chelsea will welcome Jose Mourinho back to Stamford Bridge when they face Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday, with the Portuguese coach returning to the London club where he won three Premier League titles across two spells.

Mourinho, who returned to Benfica 25 years after his first stint, managed Chelsea from 2004–2007 and 2013–2015, delivering a haul of trophies that cemented his reputation as one of Europe's best managers at the time.

"For me, personally, Mourinho is a legend for this club. And in Italy he's a legend for Inter Milan where he won the Champions League," Chelsea's Italian coach Enzo Maresca told reporters on Monday.

"I think he has already shown how important a manager he has been and is."

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