 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna July 2003, Bates akatengesa Chelsea kumabhiriyoni emadhora eRussia Roman Abramovich nokuda kwe140 miriyoni. Kupfuura 100 miriyoni yakashandiswa pavatambi vatsva, asi Ranieri haana kukwanisa kupa chero mikombe, uye akatsiviwa naJosé Mourinho. Pasi paMourinho, Chelsea yakava chikwata chechishanu cheChirungu kukunda makwikwi eligi back-to-back kubvira Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri 2004-05 uye 2005-06, mukuwedzera pakukunda FA Cup 2007uye maviri League Cups 2005 uye 2007. Mushure mekutanga kwakashata kwemwaka wa2007-2008, Mourinho akatsiviwa naAvram Grant, uyo akatungamira kirabhu kuenda kumagumo avo ekutanga eUEFA Champions League, ayo vakarasikirwa nemapeneti kuManchester United. 