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Mourinho avoids ban for Chelsea start

Jose Mourinho has the all-clear to take charge of Chelsea from game one next season.

The Real Madrid boss, who is leaving this summer, received a two-match ban from the Spanish FA after he was sent off as his team lost the Copa del Rey to city rivals Atletico on Friday night.

But fears that Mourinho would have to start his comeback in the stands have been dismissed.

The Spanish suspension would only have counted for future Copa del Rey matches as the bans in Spain only relate to the particular competition in which they were picked up.

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