Chelsea pulled trigger too early on Mourinho – Bilic

Sheffield Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhal admits that Jose Mourinho leaving is a loss to Chelsea and English football.

Jose Mourinho’s legacy will be hard to match but Chelsea must act soon and find someone suitable to replace “The Chosen One”.

Slaven Bilic is confident Jose Mourinho would have stopped the rot at Chelsea and has questioned the decision to axe him.

There will be also be plenty of focus on the Stamford Bridge stands, where Chelsea’s fans had remained loyal to Mourinho right until the bitter end.

Former Chelsea player and assistant manager Wilkins does not believe Mourinho should have been sacked on Thursday but, having worked under Hiddink last time, Wilkins believes the Dutchman is the only short-term choice.

Guus Hiddink appeared to be the front-runner to take the helm and reprise the caretaker manager role he filled after Luiz Felipe Scolari was sacked in 2009. If I’m being realistic that won’t happen but one can dream, can’t they?

Hiddink pledged to hear Chelsea’s offer in full before deciding whether to accept the challenge, suggesting first team coach Steve Holland could take charge of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.

The former Chelsea captain said in such a results orientated business, Jose Mourinho’s sacking was expected.

Another league title and League Cup win followed for the man who first came to prominence in 2004 when guiding Porto to the Champions League crown.

Eddie Howe was “surprised and disappointed” at Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea exit despite inflicting one of the defeats which triggered his Stamford Bridge demise.

But Terry, who played under Mourinho during both the manager’s spells with the team, said: “Thank You doesn’t seem enough”.

“I found this out myself in the last couple of days that you do sometimes take on face value what people tell you and it’s not always the truth”.

Mourinho had claimed after the Leicester loss that he had been “betrayed” by his players and, with that in mind, it will be fascinating to see how Chelsea’s underachieving stars perform now.

Things went awry from the off, with Chelsea losing to Arsenal in the Community Shield and then drawing 2-2 at home to Swansea City on the season’s opening day.

“It is possible that we would still use this weekend to discuss. I can not tell you more at this point”.