Fan’s song for Mourinho is very awkward 20 seconds of TV

Former Chelsea assistant manager Ray Wilkins believes Guus Hiddink is the “absolutely perfect” choice to rescue the Blues’ faltering season in the wake of Jose Mourinho’s exit.

Former Socceroos coach Hiddink was praised by previous employers Football Federation Australia in a statement that effectively confirmed Hiddink’s temporary role at Chelsea ahead of any official word from the west London club.

“This is essentially the same group of players who won the league and the League Cup last season”.

His itchy feet took him to Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Valencia and then Real Madrid, via a three-year spell as Dutch manager that included a 4-1 hammering by England at Euro 1996, and a run to the 1998 World Cup semi-finals.

A list of top four predictions from the start of the season, collated by Arsenal blogger Angry of Islington, shows that not a single pundit expected Chelsea to finish lower than third in the league.

Moreover, 13 of the sides’ 18 Premier League meetings have been drawn, and it would be no surprise if the outcome was the same on Saturday.

Chelsea are 16th in the Premier League and one point above the relegation zone after 16 games.

Chelsea are engaged in an ongoing legal battle with Dr Eva Carneiro after she was publicly criticised and then was demoted following Mourinho’s opening-day outburst.

With eight league titles, seven domestic cups and two Champions Leagues to his name, Mourinho has few kingdoms left to conquer, but his inability to get on with key players or end Barcelona’s dominance overshadowed his time at Real Madrid.

“It’s not for me to miss him but the Premier League will miss him”.

“Jose is an outstanding coach but the club’s results and position in the Premier League standings are well beneath a club of Chelsea’s stature”.

And if Sunderland, now lying second bottom, become the fifth Premier League side to leave Stamford Bridge this season with three points, they will move level with Chelsea, adding to the log-jam at the foot of the table. “I have a very good relationship with him and it is a hard moment for him”, said Pochettino.

All at Chelsea thank Jose for his enormous contribution since he returned as manager in the summer of 2013.

“Thank you for all you have done for me”, Fabregas wrote on Twitter, alongside a picture of the pair celebrating Chelsea’s league title success last May.

“It was fundamentally obvious that there was something wrong in that dressing room”, said Mark Worrall, a writer on the Chelsea fans magazine CFCUK.

“You’ve got to play the big teams at some point in the season, so why not play them one after another?” he said. “Sad sad day. Gonna miss you Boss”. You want foreign players to be coming into this country and you want the best foreign managers to be coming into this country. The Portuguese endured in the Chelsea dugout for so long mostly because of his huge contract clause of €40 million, but contract termination certainly brought a sign of relief for him, players, and fans alike.

Although Mourinho has won every honour in English football, he never managed to win a European trophy in either of his two spells at Chelsea.