Chelsea's Ramires signs new five-year contract

Brazil midfielder Ramires signed a new five-year deal with Chelsea on Monday that will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2017. “I am very happy with the support I have playing for this club,” he told the London team’s website (www.chelseafc.com). [caption id=“attachment_235076” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Ramires celebrates after scoring his second goal against Portsmouth during the FA Cup. Reuters”] [/caption] Ramires, who originally signed a four-year deal when he joined from Benfica in August 2010, made his 50th Premier League appearance in the 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion at the weekend. Saturday’s defeat proved the last game for manager Andre Villas-Boas who was sacked a day later. His number two Roberto Di Matteo has been put in charge of fifth-placed Chelsea until the end of the season. Reuters