Mourinho was sacked yesterday after overseeing a dire defence of the title he led the club to just seven months ago.
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As things stand, however, neither Chelsea nor the coach have commented since Mourinho’s dismissal on Thursday.
However, with Chelsea now languishing down in 16th place in the table and sitting just a point above the relegation zone after 16 games of the season, Mourinho was dismissed by the club for the second time.
“I want to gather as much information as possible”. They played to instruction, they adhered to everything the manager asked them to do.
“He did a fantastic job and maybe didn’t get the recognition he deserved really, because Chelsea had been out of the running for the title for a few years before he came back”.
However, the training ground was anything but harmonious 24 hours earlier, with the Times reporting that a mixed training session “degenerated into a shoving match” after a challenge from Cesc Fabregas on one of the club’s under-21 players.
“It’s a hard situation”.
Guus Hiddink will be waiting in the wings when Chelsea begin life after Jose Mourinho with a crucial Premier League clash against fellow strugglers Sunderland on Saturday.
“There’s been a major fallout between him and the players, because no group of players of that quality should be where they are”, he said. With whom that will be remains to be seen, though I can think we can all agree that ideally it won’t be with another Premier League team.
Chelsea parted company with Mourinho by “mutual consent” on Thursday. “That’s what they are were supposed to do and I believe that’s what they’ve been trying to do”.
“I manage the team in a very different way to the way he does but that doesn’t mean he’s not a good manager or important for the league”. So something had to change.
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The Premier League champions confirmed the news in a statement.
