Prominent among those to feel the biting sting of the beautiful game is the recently binned Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. In a season of sweeping managerial casualties and administrative shakeups, the fall of the self-styled ‘Special One’ has to take the cake.
After a season where Chelsea dominated the English game with a ruthlessness that’s typical of the Portuguese, it was ludicrous to envisage that Mou would be out of a job before Christmas.
The Stamford Bridge outfit won the Premier League title and League Cup last season, and were overwhelming favourites for the current campaign.
However, things did not go as expected, with the Blues battling relegation four months into the season, and the bullish Portuguese was made the sacrificial lamb.
Performances have since picked up under Guus Hiddink, but the sacking of Mou, who was popular among the Chelsea fans for his us-against-the-world mentality, is still a shocker at West London.
There are still numerous mementos of Mourinho in Chelsea’s official club shop, with his posters on sale at the depressingly cheap price of £1.
You’d think the club could have respectfully cleared them out, but it appears there’s no honour in defeat.
Source: Mirror
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