After the ninth loss in the Premier League, Mourinho claimed he felt his “work was betrayed” by the players not following his directions on how to nullify the Foxes’ attack, with Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez on target at the King Power Stadium.
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Jose Mourinho’s belittling post-match tirade against his team wasn’t even needed to underscore the crisis that has enveloped Chelsea.
“How many millions would love to be football players and they can’t be?”
“It’s a magical time”, said manager Claudio Ranieri after Monday’s 2-1 home win over his old club Chelsea.
Although Mourinho has won every honour in English soccer, he never managed to win a European trophy in either of his two spells at Chelsea.
“Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have today parted company by mutual consent”, the London club’s statement read. “See where we are at the end of the season”.
Roman Abramovich has given Mourinho every chance to turn things around and won’t want to receive a negative backlash for those that remain loyal to the individual.
A year ago, Leicester were at the foot of the table, five points from safety with 10 points from 16 matches and looking dead certs for an immediate return to the Championship. I am not the superstar, I am not the player of the season, I am not the world champion, I am not the Premier League champion.
The Black Stars coach, Guus Hiddin, Fabio Capello and former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers are the names under serious consideration by the Chelsea board.
Henry also feels the blame should be directed more at the players rather than Mourinho, saying: “People are having a go at Mourinho, whether you like him or not, that’s a different story”.
The regular media call was lined up to preview Saturday’s Stamford Bridge Premier League clash against Sunderland, but has now been scrapped.
Chelsea desperately need a change of direction, and for all the good that Mourinho has done for Chelsea, it’s increasingly clear that he can’t do much more.
Asked if Chelsea can still qualify for the Champions League, Mourinho said: “We can’t finish top four, but we can still finish top six because so many teams are dropping points”.
Arsenal, now second, welcome third-placed City to the Emirates on Monday and the victor could climb to the summit depending on how Leicester fare over the weekend.
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“I could feel that they wanted me”. Day by day in training I have no complaints with them.
