Chelsea says it has “parted company” with manager Jose Mourinho

He won back-to-back titles, as well as the League Cup and FA Cup, for Chelsea during his first spell but fell out of favor with Abramovich and left the club in 2007.

“If you go back to October, he was talking about rats in the camp and that he couldn’t name his team before games for fear that it’d find its way into the press”. And on Thursday, after months of speculation about his leadership and the woeful performance of his team, Mourinho was finally fired.

Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo said the club had to sack Jose Mourinho because of a “palpable discord” between the manager and the players. “The Premier League is a diversity of all different styles and characters and he is and has been one of the top managers in the world”.

“The Premier League has lost an important manager”.

Bitter infighting has derailed the current campaign, with stars like Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and last season’s Player of the Year Eden Hazard looking uncharacteristically out of sorts.

The Blues have lost nine of their 16 Premier League matches so far, and Hiddink was quickly installed as the favourite to take over, ahead of Juande Ramos and Pep Guardiola.

Chelsea sources have confirmed that Jose Mourinho was sacked due to an ‘unhealable rift with the players’. The club in a statement after sacking the “Special One”, declared: “The club’s focus is now on ensuring our talented squad reaches its potential”.

As Bilic pointed out, clubs can go through sticky patches without losing faith in their manager.

Mourinho only signed a new four-year contract on August 7 and is Chelsea’s most successful manager. The coach’s departure is expected to cost 30 million euros, according to ESPN.

Dutch tactician Guus Hiddink, who took charge of Chelsea for a short-term stint during 2009, will return to Stamford Bridge as manager for the rest of the season.

Chelsea have parted company with Jose Mourinho after two days of crisis board meetings.

“The culture of the vulture”, he said.

But of greater immediate concern to him is Sunderland’s trip to the Bridge, and Allardyce said: “I’m not sure whether it’ll make it harder or not to be honest. I have the same nature, I am the same person, I have the same heart and I have the same emotions relating to my passion and my job, but I am a different person”.