Chelsea sack Jose Mourinho

As Chelsea continued to struggle, Mourinho tried every trick in the book to try and galvanise an improvement from his squad.

It was disclosed that former club doctor, Eva Carneiro is set to drag the League Champions to an employment tribunal, which has brought about a potential legal war over Mourinho’s pay-off.

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. And on Thursday, after months of speculation about his leadership and the woeful performance of his team, Mourinho was finally fired.

Mourinho’s men also won the League Cup last season, but their form has nosedived in 2015-16. However, for some Chelsea players this clearly wasn’t the case, as they took to social media to back their outgoing boss.

-8 – Chelsea’s current negative goal difference in the Premier League.

“Changing a manager during a crisis in the season does improve the results in the short term”, Dutch economist Dr. Bas ter Weel told the BBC in 2013 after three of the Premier League’s top clubs changed managers midseason.

The latest came against surprise leader Leicester, which is 20 points ahead of Chelsea, and it left the defending champions only one point above the relegation zone heading into the busy winter schedule.

Board member Michael Emenalo cited “palpable discord” between Mourinho and Chelsea’s players for the 52-year-old’s departure “by mutual consent”.

In his first spell at Chelsea, Mourinho won two league titles, two League Cups and one FA Cup.

“His legacy at Stamford Bridge and in England has long been guaranteed and he will always be warmly welcomed back to Stamford Bridge”.

Hiddink stepped into the Stamford Bridge breach after Luiz Felipe Scolari’s sacking in 2009, and should now reprise that role.

Now it is Mourinho leaving Chelsea, with Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich preparing for his 10th managerial appointment since buying the team in 2003 and transforming its fortunes with a huge injection of cash. The coach’s departure is expected to cost 30 million euros, according to ESPN.

Manuel Pellegrini has declared that the Premier League will miss his rival Jose Mourinho after the Portuguese was sacked by Chelsea. In modern day football, it is the hardest time to manage.

“The culture of the vulture”, he said.

Cesc Fabregas was the first Chelsea player to pay tribute to Mourinho, tweeting: “Thank you for all you have done for me”. I’m speaking about the circumstances that made Brendan [Rodgers] lose his job.

“As an interim manager, he would love the challenge, I’m sure”, Wilkins said on talkSPORT.