Chelsea have sacked manager Jose Mourinho seven months after he led them to the Premier League title.

The 52-year-old Portuguese had been in his second spell at the club, taking charge in June 2013.

Chelsea finished eight points clear last season and also won the League Cup, but have endured a terrible start to their defence, losing nine of their 16 league games so far.

Mourinho's final match was Monday's 2-1 defeat at leaders Leicester City.

Pep Guardiola, Guus Hiddink, Brendan Rodgers and Juande Ramos have all been touted as possible successors

He leaves with Chelsea just a point off the relegation zone and 20 points behind Leicester.

Champions League qualification via one of the top four spots in the Premier League looks almost impossible.

However, the Blues are through to the last 16 of European football's biggest club competition, where they will face French champions Paris St-Germain in February and March.

Mourinho only signed a new four-year contract on 7 August and is Chelsea's most successful manager.

He won three Premier League titles, two of those in his first spell between 2004 and 2007.

The Portuguese has also won the FA Cup, in 2007, and the League Cup three times - in 2005, 2007 and 2015.

It has not only gone wrong in the Premier League for Mourinho, he has also had his issues off the pitch.

A 2-2 draw with Swansea on 8 August was overshadowed by a fallout with his medical team, in particular club doctor Eva Carneiro.

Carneiro had her role downgraded after Mourinho said his medical staff were "naive" for running onto the pitch to treat attacking midfielder Eden Hazard.

She eventually left on 22 September and is now taking legal action against Mourinho and the Blues.

Mourinho also received a suspended stadium ban and £50,000 fine for claiming referees were "afraid" to award his team penalties in a 3-1 home loss to Southampton in October.

He subsequently had to serve a one-match stadium ban and pay a £40,000 fine for his behaviour during a 2-1 defeat by West Ham, when he spoke to referee Jon Moss at half-time.




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cc: seun lalasticlala mukina2

finally I don dey for FTC.

I dedicate this to Baba the Slayer of the Ekpas as a Birthday gift.

One Love Progressives

LVG shld be on his way already

What is good for the goose........

Nothing gives me joy than to see the arogant one leave the Premiership

Hope Hazard n co are happy now...

As for Costa... I reserve my comments...

At last





For AsoOke, Check my signature

Mourinho is the officially the new Specialist in Failure.
My only disappointment is that he wasn't allowed to finish the job this year and seal relegation.

Meanwhile.......



Somewhere in Manchester....

Karma

lalasticlala... boss, your attention is needed here! #SizzlingHot #StraightFromTheKitchen

Useless Chelsea players. I hope they're happy now. Basstards!

Without Mourinho, Chelsea wouldn't have "existed". It pains me so much to watch group of players humiliate their coach so bad.

It was a matter of when he will be sacked not if he will be sacked, so 17 dec it is

The fall out with Dr Eva was the beginning of the end of his second spell at Chelsea

The Useless One is gone! This calls for celebration.
Oya sekem sekem sekem

And this made front page twice. Nairaland!!! na wa oh

not fair oo
Jose Mourinho: February 2014: "Arsene Wenger is a specialist in failure." December 2015: Sacked by Chelsea.

You can get into trouble if you ever call yourself 'special one'!

I pray he learns from this.

ahhhhh!!

The specialist in failure has been sacked by chelshit!

The dull one!

I blame buhari! How come its when buhari took over in may that chelsea started to loose! Buhari sef!

END TIME SACK.

BUT DOES DAT PUT FOOD ON MY TABLE?
DOES DAT SOLVE SHIITES AND BOKO HARAM PALAVA?
GUY GERARRAIA

U AIN'T TALKING MONEY U AIN'T TALKING SENSE

ADEWEBS PASSING BYE

Long overdue

He caused it.

Good one.

Chelsea nyyyyyyyooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
More woes for the fake blues.... We know who the real blues are.... Leceister City

WafiJoe:
And this made front page twice. Nairaland!!! na wa oh

OK na your toe toe go make FP na?

eva caniero right now

His sacking is long overdue

How will arsene wenger fills right now....

Na pikin wey no know book dey repeat, if after repeating, he no pass, na rustication be the next thing. Thats what happened to our watery mouth chelsea coach

carneiro the happiest now..... very proud coach

Ok

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!! Hallelujah! At last..

Jose we love U and Would Miss U but u just have to go for the blues to rise!

Even Baba PMB who is 73 today complained about you.

After we don reach relegation finish? My uncle that named her daughter 'CHELSEA' has changed it because of his recent ineptitude.

I fell 4 him........i know some players were against him dats the reason why they keep losing every matches.........I believe chelsea we rise again to regain their lost glory......*Team chelsea*