This Spanish worldwide, who responded through a Facebook Q&A session, has been underperforming all through this season and he felt he is one of the players been singled out for betrayal by the Portuguese manager.
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Chelsea said that Mourinho, 52, had left “on good terms”, two years after returning to the club following spells at Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
“Obviously we know now that the players have a responsibility to go out and prove everybody wrong, and show a certain level of commitment to the decision that has been made tonight, and to try to get the club up the league table”. I owe you a lot and we will all miss you. That’s what they’re supposed to do.
Chelsea confirmed Mourinho’s departure in a statement on Thursday afternoon.
Emenalo, who pointedly refused to use Mourinho’s name in an interview with the club’s in-house television channel, said: “The new contract signifies that what happened today was not a premeditated decision”.
“All at Chelsea thank Jose for his vast contribution since he returned as manager in the summer of 2013″.
“Jose is a superb coach but the results and position in the league are catastrophic and unbecoming the reputation of a club like Chelsea”.
“The club’s focus is now on ensuring our talented squad reaches its potential”, Chelsea said.
Chelsea are expected to confirm on Friday that Hiddink will begin his second interim stint, having taken charge for three and a half months at the end of the 2008-09 season, when he achieved excellent results and won the FA Cup.
Nine defeats in 16 games have seen the reigning Premier League champions slither to within a point of the relegation zone and technical director Michael Emenalo said that Chelsea had had no choice but to act.
He was pictured on Sky Sports News being driven out of Chelsea’s training ground in a black auto, with his hood pulled down over his face.
Mourinho accepted in the wake of that defeat in the East Midlands that Chelsea could not now challenge for a top-four finish to secure Champions League qualification for next season.
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Mourinho lambasted his players afterwards, saying: “I feel like my work was betrayed”.
