What happens next for Chelsea and Jose Mourinho?

What do Chelsea do and where does Jose go?

What happened to Fortress Stamford Bridge?

In 99 Premier League games as manager at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho had lost just once. In the next seven, he lost four times.

Alan Pardew’s Crystal Palace recorded a 2-1 home win in Mourinho’s 100th Premier League home match in charge, and Southampton, Liverpool and Bournemouth all followed suit. The Blues’ aura of invincibility at home was shattered.

What was the tipping point?

After the 3-1 loss to Southampton, the club and, as such, Roman Abramovich, publicly backed Mourinho and said he would be given time to get things right.

Even as the losses piled up, it was expected the club’s most successful manager would be at least given the chance to get to January and bolster his squad. But after the latest defeat against Leicester, Mourinho said he felt “betrayed” by his players. In modern day football when a manager and his players have such a disagreement, it’s the former who pays for it.

What next for Jose?

To Abramovich’s probable despair, there already appears to be a scramble between the two Manchester clubs to try and land Guardiola and if one of them are successful, whoever loses may now have a more than adequate consolation prize.

Mourinho might relish the prospect of clashing with his nemesis from his time in Spain, though if he wants a guarantee of silverware he may be better off heading off to Paris St Germain, who he has been linked with on plenty of occasions. And there may be an opening at old club Real Madrid soon...

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