Time has run out for Jose Mourinho at Chelsea, with Roman Abramovich relieving the 52-year-old of his duties for the second time.
Mourinho’s sacking comes off the back of one win in his team’s last seven Premier League matches, and many feel it was a long time coming.
Jose Mourinho sacked by #CFC. Felt inevitable for some time. And yet it's still an incredible story
— Ben Smith (@BSmith) December 17, 2015
I think Mourinho knew this was coming. His last press conf – blame the players, not me – felt like a man getting his retaliation in first.
— Daniel Taylor (@DTathletic) December 17, 2015
But there were still plenty fighting his corner.
Terrible, terrible decision. #CFC
— Garry Hayes (@garryhayes) December 17, 2015
Thought Abramovich wouldn't have bottled it and stuck by Mourinho. He would've turned it around eventually. Now up to Juande Ramos…
— Liam Canning (@LiamPaulCanning) December 17, 2015
There was sadness…
https://twitter.com/KitCaless/status/677500747710377985
Jose has passed away. RIP u will live on forever. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really cant believe this. @
— ben (@b3nfox) December 17, 2015
Joy…
Mourinho being sacked after losing to Ranieri. Good old football.
— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) December 17, 2015
And schadenfreude…
Sacked twice by a club you have won the League title 3 times with.
— BeautifullyRed (@BeautifullyRed) December 17, 2015
And of course, thoughts quickly turned to Mourinho’s successor.
We can be heroes just not for Juande
— Shivam Manghnani (@shivamLM) December 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/simonfurnivall/status/677499779220402176
And it’s not just Mourinho who has been having a bad day.
Prize for the worst timed ad break has to go to @SkySportsNewsHQ… #Mourinho
— Nicholas Veevers (@NicholasVeevers) December 17, 2015
In fact, the former Real Madrid boss might have the last laugh.
https://twitter.com/Chriswin4/status/677499706684084224
