Confirmed: Chelsea tie midfielder down to long-term deal ahead of Liverpool clash

Ramires has committed his future to Chelsea until 2019

CHELSEA midfielder Ramires has signed a new deal to keep him at the club until 2019.

 

The Brazil midfielder has committed his future to the Blues despite being linked with Juventus in the summer.

Ramires has been at the club since signing from Benfica in 2010 for around £15million.

 

The news comes as a boost during a torrid time, with the club enduring a challenging season in defence of their Premier League title. 

Manager Mourinho, who in August signed a four-year contract committing himself to Stamford Bridge until June 2019, was subject to the first vote of confidence of Roman Abramovich's 12-year ownership on October 5.

Since then, Chelsea have won one of their four matches - against a free-falling Aston Villa; the latest defeat was on penalties to Stoke in Tuesday night's Capital One Cup tie - while Mourinho has faced disciplinary action from the Football Association.

The 52-year-old Portuguese had until 1800 on Thursday to respond to a misconduct charge following his half-time touchline dismissal at West Ham last Saturday.

Mourinho is already appealing a separate £50,000 fine and suspended one-match stadium ban for comments made after the October 3 loss to Southampton, a result which prompted the vote of confidence.

It is not expected either case will be heard before Saturday's match with Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool.