Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says signing Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard would've been a dream come true for himself and Blues owner Roman Abramovich. Mourinho still has regrets over his failure to land the midfielder in 2005.

He said: "I was dreaming of Claude Makelele, Gerrard and Frank Lampard. We were playing in an open triangle without a No 10, we were playing with Maka in front of the defenders and me and Mr Abramovich and Peter Kenyon were dreaming that. We did everything.

"It was almost there. But the decision for me was proven right because he will be always a red forever. Gerrard's people were open to it and the feeling to join a top side like Chelsea, I think the feeling was there but to me personally he never said 'I will go'."