According to The Telegraph (UK), Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich is pondering whether to sack the embattled Portuguese coach but is unsure who could replace him.
This follows a sixth league defeat of the season for the Premier League champions on Saturday, October 31, in as many as eleven games.
Abramovich is still hoping Mourinho can turn a horror season around, and he (Mourinho) will have at least the next two games in charge, against Dinamo Kiev in the Champions League on Wednesday, November 4 and Stoke on Saturday, November 7, to decide his fate.
The Sun (UK) reports that the former England and Real Madrid boss Capello, 69, has joined Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti as possible short-term replacements with all three ready to listen to offers.
Capello’s had attracted speculation that he was interested in Mourinho’s job when
he criticized the Portuguese’s style of coaching last month.Capello said: “Mourinho is a great coach — but burns out his players after a year-and-a-half, at most two years.
“I had already heard it when he was at Real Madrid and now we have confirmation in London.”
The Italian will however have to wait to know if he will get an opportunity to coach the league champions as Mourinho has been given a number of games to save his job.
Mourinho has so far failed to find the answers for Chelsea’s woes. He looks have tried everything possible to resolve the club woes nothing seems to be working.
Jose Mourinho looking sad
He has continued to rotate his team week in, week out and also reverted to changing their position, but, so far, nothing has worked.
There were indications that just before the Liverpool game, Mourinho had a chat with last season’s Premier League best player Eden Hazard after speculation surfaced that the Belgian was keen on a move to Real Madrid.
The talks however yielded no positive results as the Belgian lasted 59 ineffective minutes before he was replaced by the Brazilian youngster Kenedy against Liverpool.
Eden Hazard still can’t believe what’s happening
Reports also surfaced yesterday, November 1 that Mourinho called his players in for training but as they were driving to Cobham it was being alleged that one senior player told team-mates he wanted the manager out.
The claim, made on Radio Five, was: “One player said, ‘I’d rather lose than win for him.”
But this however has been rebuffed by one of Chelsea’s longest serving players, John Obi Mikel.
Mikel told newsmen: “Last year we were champions, we won two trophies. Jose knows this club more than any other manager.
“I think he’s the most successful manager in the club’s history. I definitely think that if anything is wrong, if anything can be fixed, he is the one. There’s nobody out there that is going to come in and fix what’s going on.
“If we were not giving 100 per cent, then there is the doubt, but we are giving 100 per cent, we are playing for the manager, we are right behind him.
“Our performances show that we are right behind him. It’s just that right now things aren’t going well. Everyone [from the outside] wants him to go, but I don’t think it’s the right way to go. I think that inside that dressing room we definitely believe he is the man to change things. He knows this club in and out. He knows what’s wrong and it’s just a matter of time before results start coming.
“I think he’s technically and tactically better, that’s why he came back and in the second season we won the Premier League again.
“I know this club demands to win and win and win and win, but it’s just a difficult period we are going through right now. He is the man.
“He deserves a chance. The fans are still behind him. The players are definitely behind him. I think we will turn things around, it’s just a matter of time.”
Mikel shows his support for his coach Jose Mourinho as he’s substituted
Mourinho was furious that the Liverpool midfielder Lucas was not shown a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires and Mikel said: “A few minutes before, the ref gave me a yellow card for my first foul and then just after that Lucas committed a foul on Ramires. For me, it should have been a yellow card.
“Everyone can see how much hard work we are putting in, but it’s just that the results are not coming for us. Every shot at goal is a goal against us. We just need a bit of that luck, which we don’t have at the minute.”
Chelsea has picked up just three victories so far in the campaign and already look to be out of the race to win the league this season.
