Nizaar Kinsella’s piece for the Evening Standard today paints a pretty gloomy picture of Chelsea’s situation.
He points out that manager Mauricio Pochettino “appears to have lost the core fanbase” and may be in an “unsustainable” situation now.
The problem, as he points out, is that there’s no easy next step. Who is willing or able to step in for 3 months until the summer? And even then, who will come to such a dysfunctional club?
One name that keeps being brought up is Jose Mourinho, but Kinsella shoots this down pretty comprehensively.
He says that Chelsea were “not interested” in their two time former boss last summer, and are unlikely to change that stance even with the coach back on the market after his sacking in Rome.
Kinsella also points out that there probably couldn’t be a “worse manager” for a “fragile young group of players.”
He’s probably right there too. A Mourinho return is not the answer, just a comforting image in these difficult moments. We need to look forwards now, not backwards.