Former Chelsea man Emmanuel Petit believes Jose Mourinho ought to title John Terry as his assistant if he was to handle the Blues once more.
Present Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino faces rising strain at Stamford Bridge as they sit eleventh within the Premier League and are winless in three matches.
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A 4-2 defeat to Wolves that adopted a 4-1 thumping at Liverpool has raised questions over his future in west London, with potential new appointments already being speculated.
A type of is Mourinho, who led Chelsea to a few Premier League titles, the FA Cup and two League Cups throughout two separate spells.
Though a return is unlikely, former Blues midfield Petit believes that membership legend Terry ought to be a part of ‘The Particular One’ within the dugout if such a change was to be made.
“I’ve seen the hypothesis that Mourinho may are available with John Terry as his assistant,” he informed examine.guess through Metro.
“When you concentrate on it, it might be one thing attention-grabbing. He would give the staff character and persona.
“In the intervening time they’re a damaged staff and he might be the person to return in and repair it. I truly suppose they want a supervisor who may have a correct imaginative and prescient of what must be finished with the gamers which can be there.
“They need to cease shopping for gamers and how they’ll develop what they’ve there already. Chelsea have to develop an identification, as a result of in the intervening time they don’t have one.”
Terry is thought to be one in every of Chelsea’s biggest ever gamers, making 717 appearances throughout all competitions throughout a glittering 19-year stint.
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The centre-back captained Chelsea to all three of their Premier League titles beneath Mourinho’s administration, with the duo clearly having a profitable working relationship.
Mourinho is at the moment and not using a membership after he was sacked by Roma final month and regardless of hyperlinks to Stamford Bridge, he’s reportedly eyeing a return to Manchester United.
Regardless of Chelsea’s current defeat to Wolves and their poor standing within the desk, talkSPORT understands Pochettino isn’t beneath any quick menace of being sacked.
The state of affairs may change on Wednesday night time although ought to they lose to Aston Villa of their FA Cup fourth spherical replay, reside on talkSPORT.