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The return of the Special One wouldn’t just be good for Chelsea – it would give the whole of English football a lift.

The moment I read that Jose Mourinho could be on his way back to Stamford Bridge, the hairs on the back of my neck began to rise and my blood started pumping.

I am absolutely intrigued by, and in awe, of the fella.

Now I hope that his Second Coming really comes to pass – and I won’t be the only one.

It hasn’t been a vintage season for the Premier League. Manchester United have responded to the drama of surrendering the crown to rivals City last year by ­turning the title race into a procession.

In the Champions League, City and Chelsea crashed out of the group stages, and United and ­Arsenal both fell at the last-16 hurdle.

Sergio Aguero’s winner last May and Didier Drogba’s penalty for Chelsea in ­Munich a couple of weeks later have both become a dim and ­distant memory.

Bayern Munich and ­Borussia Dortmund have made the Bundesliga the place to be.

Now it isn’t just Roman ­Abramovich who needs Mourinho. We all do.

Love him or loathe him, Jose is a natural-born ­winner.

He is also pure Box Office entertainment.

From the moment he ­announced himself to the British public by heralding himself as the Special One, I have been captivated by him.

Because Mourinho doesn’t just talk the talk, he also walks the walk. He took on the master Sir Alex Ferguson – and beat him by leading ­Chelsea to successive titles.

Since leaving the Bridge, he has guided Inter Milan to a Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup treble, and overcome Barcelona in last season’s La Liga.

He clearly has unfinished business with the Blues and Abramovich.

And, if he does answer the Chelsea call, he will return as an even more seasoned ­manager – and under his own terms.

Abramovich needs ­Mourinho. He needs him to build a ­challenge to the two ­Manchester clubs at home and to Barca, Madrid and ­Bayern abroad.

That means, if he does come back to ­Stamford Bridge, he will do it under his own terms. What I admire most about the man is that he gets into the heads of people. He is a master of psychology.

Jose took top players like John Terry and Frank ­Lampard and made them world class.

He did the same when he made Porto ­European ­champions and he has done it again in Milan and Madrid.

His players see the ­confidence that oozes from their manager and they want a part of it. ­Football is played in the head as well as with the feet, and Mourinho is a master at ­changing people’s ­perceptions of themselves for the better.

Yes, he is an arrogant so-and-so, but there is clearly some real depth and substance to the man.

Over the last few years I have become a keen ­psychology student.

I want to be able to plug into the kind of positive energy that drives the successful ­people of this world.

I want to have the courage of my ­convictions, so that I am able to sweep all doubts aside when I am struggling to get to sleep at night because I am worried about my team.

If you can control negative thoughts, then you are on the road to success.

Mourinho vs Fergie vs ­Mancini vs Wenger vs AVB next season?

Wow, I can’t wait!