Can Chelsea win the Premier League Title with Mourhino? Odds and Betting Tips By Scott Grindey

Can Chelsea win the Premier League Title with Mourhino? Odds and Betting Tips: "Given the new managerial appointments among the big clubs, next season's Premier League title race will be one of the most hotly contested in years and I personally cannot wait, but can Mourinho win it at Chelsea?"

Last season was disappointing, and in years to come will be remembered as Sir Alex Fergusons’s swansong, rather than for the football on display. One of the most fascinating aspects of this season is that last season’s top three all boast a change in manager – unprecedented in the history of the top flight. Whilst Manchester United and Manchester City have appointed managers largely untested at the very highest level in English football, Chelsea have welcomed back the self proclaimed ‘Special One’.

Mourinho’s first spell at the club turned out to be a trophy-laden period. Mourinho ended Chelsea’s 50-year wait for a league title in his first season, successfully defended the crown the following season and won two League Cups and an FA Cup. Now, nine years after he first arrived at Stamford Bridge, his initial press conference portrayed a more mature Mourinho, now 50, with an attitude that attempted to project a man at ease with the world.

Nevertheless Mourinho was surprisingly coy by his standards, stating that he does not believe that the Blues will win the Premier League title in 2013/14. He thinks that Chelsea will win their first title since 2010 in his second year in charge but only if they ‘move in the right direction’.

That right direction might be to replicate the sort of form from his first spell in charge, which reads: Played 185 Won 124 Drew 40 Lost 21 Win Percentage 67%. This record also included a 60-match unbeaten league run at Stamford Bridge.

These results give providence to a recent poll of football supporters from across the country which found that 52 per cent thought that Mourinho would outshine his new rivals. Furthermore, 34 per cent thought that Chelsea would win the league under his stewardship compared to just 28 per cent who thought Manchester United would retain their crown, and only 15 per cent who thought that Pellegrini’s men could lift the title.

My view and tip would be that the imposing presence of Mourinho back at Stamford Bridge will tip the scales their way - especially with new managers settling into daunting challenges at both Manchester clubs.