LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has left the English Premier League club "by mutual consent", the club announced on Thursday.

"Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have agreed to part company today (Thursday) by mutual consent," said a one-line statement posted on the club's website.

Mourinho's departure will send shock-waves through English football.

The Portuguese manager has transformed the nation's football landscape since taking over at Stamford Bridge in June 2004, winning two Premier League titles in his first two years in charge, the FA Cup last season and the 2005 and 2007 League Cups.

But his relationship with Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich has always been fraught and it has now been confirmed that a disappointing 1-1 Champions League draw with Norwegian side Rosenberg on Tuesday was his last in charge.