Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon claims the club have no intention of sacking manager Jose Mourinho.

Speculation over the Portuguese coach's future at the club - and his relationship with owner Roman Abramovich - has been rife all season, but Kenyon has denied that the club have been looking at potential replacements.

Kenyon told Chelsea TV: "Jose's got a contract until 2010 and we're not going to sack him. He's got the full support of the board and that is really important, I just hope that addresses (the speculation).

"We've been linked with something like 14 managers now I think, but we've not got a list and we're not looking."

Mourinho masterminded back-to-back Premiership titles for Chelsea after arriving from Porto, while the club have also claimed two league cups and a Community Shield success since his arrival.

But things have not gone exactly to plan this season, with Alex Ferguson steering his Manchester United side to top spot in the league and Mourinho seemingly unhappy about the lack of transfer funds available in January. Despite that the club are still in line for an unprecedented four trophies this season.

The big-money summer arrival Andriy Shevchenko, thought to be a close friend of Abramovich, is also believed to be a bone of contention between owner and coach.

But the pair shared an embrace after the tense FA Cup semi-final victory over Blackburn, in a move interpreted by some as a sign of a thawing in relations between the two.