Chelsea legend: Why relegation scrap is no surprise and Jose Mourinho is to blame

Frank Leboeuf thinks Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has lost the dressing room

FRANK LEBOEUF thinks Chelsea's struggles are down to the fact that manager Jose Mourinho has lost the dressing room.

 

The Blues are languishing 16th in the Premier League table after a disastrous start to the season.

And club legend Lebeoeuf thinks Mourinho is to blame.

The Portuguese is currently in the third season of his second spell at Stamford Bridge.

 

He has never stayed much longer than three years at any one club, and the World Cup winner pointed to the fact Mourinho normally leaves under a cloud.

With owner Roman Abramovich becoming increasingly impatient with his boss, their is a danger his time in west London will end on a sour note.

"One gets the impression he has lost the dressing room,’ Leboeuf told RMC Sport.

"That means, as usual, he has not been able to progress in the third year."

 

Leboeuf made more than 200 appearances for the Blues

Mourinho has been accused of "third-season syndrome" wherever he has been.

After back-to-back titles following his move from Porto to Chelsea in 2004, they fell short in the third season and he eventually left the club.

He resigned from Inter Milan before the start of his third campaign in Italy but had similar third-season struggles at Real Madrid.

His second season yielded a record 100 La Liga points but they went off the boil before his return to Stamford Bridge.