Chelsea back under-fire Mourinho

Cruyff, emblematic star of the great Holland team of the 1970s and a former coach of Ajax and Barcelona, also reopened an old feud with his countryman Louis van Gaal, the Manchester United manager. The problems that have faced Chelsea this season just looks to worsen especially after the previous defeat at home to Southampton.

Capello claimed that Mourinho always “burns out” his players mentally within two years while Cruyff has suggested that the Portuguese’s lack of playing success means that he is unable to take a step back from the limelight. The implication was clear: “The squad you have is good enough, now make it work”.

Mourinho was criticised for his treatment of Dr Eva Carneiro, who left the club after rowing with the Chelsea manager over an injury to Eden Hazard against Swansea.

But things are not going so well on the pitch right now, as Chelsea linger dangerously above the relegation zone after a run of shocking results. I can’t and don’t want to hide the truth. And I’m struggling to find an explanation.

‘And then there is the Champions League, which I’m certainly not going to abandon’. “I had already heard it when he was in Madrid and now we have confirmation in London. His cycles tend to last around this period of time”. The way he’s dealing with it is bad – he’s chopping and changing his side, he’s dropping players, making public statements about his players and also cryptic ones like subbing off Matic after bringing him on as a half time sub. “And the company made a statement defending across the board”.

“I don’t know what’s wrong”, Mourinho has admitted during an interview with Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport.

I THINK it is about time we let managers cool off after games before talking to the media. In man-to-man situations he helps me a lot and I respect him for that.

“This is what happened with Mourinho and I can’t comment on that”.

Jose Mourinho says Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri is still unable to use basic English phrases despite first managing in the country 15 years ago. We have the best coach for the club.

“I have had the armband once or twice when Wayne [Rooney] has been off the pitch, but to lead the team out will be incredible and definitely a career high”.

The smart money is on Mourinho moving to a league where he hasn’t coached before: France.

Arsenal beat Man United at the Emirates stadium last weekend but they have lost twice in the league this term along with Manchester City.