Seven months after guiding Chelsea to the Premier League title, the Portuguese coach left the club by mutual consent on Thursday following a woeful start to the 2015-16 season.
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We do not know what position the club has taken but if, for example, the employment tribunal were to rule in favour of her discrimination claim, Chelsea would have evidence of gross misconduct on the part of Mourinho – meaning they could fire him without any of the financial penalties.
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Meanwhile, former Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino believes that there was no option left with the club but to sack the manager following their 1-2 defeat against top-placed Leicester City.
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Follow all our latest videos by subscribing to ourYouTube channel here and our Instagram feed here. That got him the Chelsea job, and with the help of Abramovich’s money in 2005, he won the team’s first title in 50 years.
Chelsea’s first task without Mourinho is a tricky fixture against fellow strugglers Sunderland.
As the case is for most managers in world football, managing his country remains high on Mourinho’s priority list.
With Chelsea having swept to the title by eight points last season, their recent collapse has baffled pundits.
“I think he’s lost his dressing room and some of the major players in the dressing room have given up on him”, Souness told Sky Sports News.
Now it is Mourinho leaving Chelsea, with Russian billionaire Abramovich preparing for his 10th managerial appointment since buying the team in 2003 and transforming its fortunes with a huge injection of cash.
There was no such help for Jose Mourinho when on Thursday he was cast aside yet again by Chelsea. Fernando Santos took the reins in September 2014 following Paulo Sousa’s disappointing spell in charge and guided them through their Euro 2016 group campaign relatively untroubled, winning Group I by six clear points.
Oscar has been anonymous, Hazard – English football’s player of the year last season – still hasn’t scored this season, and Diego Costa has been more interested in picking a fight than scoring goals. They can’t become bad players overnight.
The pair are undoubtedly the players of the season so far – with Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil perhaps the only realistic contender – and the only argument as things stand is which one should win the ultimate crown.
“Mourinho won Premier League 6 months ago – SACKED”.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for someone coming in because make no mistake whoever comes in, that club is going to fly now”.
“The results are not good, and there obviously seems to be a palpable discord between manager and players and we feel it is time to act”. For this reason, you are unlikely to see Jose agreeing to join a new club until the Chelsea cheque is in his bank. That changed in his first full season at Porto, winning the league, Portuguese Cup and UEFA Cup in 2003.
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“The times I have spent with him, he is a different character”.
