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Paulo Ferreira has decided to leave his role at Chelsea during the tumultuous time at the club.

Chelsea are currently being rocked by Roman Abramovich’s decision to sell the club he has owned for 19 years.

Abramovich is seeking a quick sale of the west London club amid increased scrutiny on his position following Russia ’s invasion of Ukraine.

Reports suggest the Russian billionaire could complete a sale as early as Monday, with a Swiss-American consortium confident of agreeing a deal over the weekend.

According to football.london , Ferreira has now decided to quit his job as a technical coach at Chelsea in order to head back to his native Portugal and be closer to his family.

The 43-year-old, who is also a club ambassador, has worked with Chelsea’s loan players ever since retiring from playing in 2013.

Alongside his work for Chelsea, he has been studying for his coaching badges and has now decided to leave the club he has been associated with since 2004.

His decision is understood not to be connected to Abramovich’s pending sale of Chelsea.

Ferreira joined the Blues from Porto 18 years ago for a fee of £13.2million and went on to make 217 appearances over the following nine years.

The versatile defender won 11 major honours, including three Premier League