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Jose Mourinho welcomes cancer survivor reporter back from absence

“All good?” Thankfully, yes.

Clive Rose

Jose Mourinho and the press aren't exactly best friends, but he is human, and so is the press.

On Friday, ITV reporter Rags Martel returned to the Chelsea ground for his first press conference since taking a leave of absence to undergo cancer treatment. His cancer has since gone into remission and when Mourinho saw him before the press conference, his eyes lit up.

Welcome back indeed, Rags.

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