Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta and former goalkeeper Petr Cech have welcomed their former manager, Jose Mourinho, back to English football, with Cech telling SNTV, "it's great for the Premier League to have the personality of Jose Mourinho."

Mourinho was announced as the new Tottenham Hotspur manger on Wednesday, just twelve hours after the announcement that Mauricio Pochettino had left the club.