Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has a tough decision to make to make according to Sky Sports football pundit Jamie Carragher , with the former Liverpool defender pointing out that it is becoming obvious that Mourinho has a big problem with his current squad of players.
The Blues lost their ninth game of the season last night at the hands of Leicester City, and now find themselves lingering just one point above the relegation zone.
During his post-match interview the Portuguese manager claimed that he felt betrayed by his players as they were not carrying out his instructions, which now leaves Abramovich with a tough decision to make.
“There’s obviously a big divide between the players and the manager and it’s up to Roman Abramovich. Whose side does he pick?” said Carragher.
“They can’t come back together now and make Chelsea a great team and win things. I’d be very, very surprised if that happens next season.
“Either the manager won’t be there, or they’ll have to completely change the players because I don’t think there’s any way these players and manager can work together for a long period of time.
“He’s normally always taking the side of the players and it’s the manager who’s gone. This can’t continue, something has to change.”
When commenting on what he thought Mourinho meant when he said he felt betrayed the Sky pundit added: “I think what he meant by the word he used in betrayed, is that some of them have chucked it. This quality of player shouldn’t be performing like that.
“You can have a bad run – we’ve all had that as players – four or five games, sometimes it may be longer, once or twice in your career.
“When you look at the performances, he may think he’s right. Because if you look at them now, this is not a team being unlucky. They’re in the bottom six for goals scored and they’re in the bottom six for goals conceded. They are where they should be.
“In terms of the players, how they feel, I don’t think what he’s said tonight will affect that, I think that’s gone before.”
