Former
Chelsea player Tony Cascarino believes the club's supporters are the only
people keeping Jose Mourinho in a job.
Sky sources understand the Blues hierarchy have begun to discuss the
manager's future after their ninth Premier League defeat of the season on
Monday Night Football, but are reluctant to sack the Portuguese for a second
time.
Sky Sports football expert Cascarino does not see how Chelsea's dismal
season can continue, with a "toxic" dressing room underpinning a string of
defeats that leaves them just one point above the drop zone after 16 games.
And the former Blues striker believes Mourinho needs six points from his
next two matches to have any chance of staying at the helm at Stamford
Bridge.
"We must be surprised that he's still in the job. We've seen the likes of
Luis Scolari, Roberto Di Matteo, Andre Villas-Boas and Carlo Ancelotti all
leave that club," Cascarino told Sky Sports News HQ.
"Mourinho has been given the full backing of the board so far because he is
so successful. He is known as the messiah of Chelsea Football Club - but he
can still lose his job.
"How can this continue? To survive they have got to go on an unbelievable
run and be in complete contrast from what we've seen so far. But on this
season so far, there's no evidence they can do that.
"He's tried everything. Without six points from Watford and Sunderland I
can't see him staying.
"The only people still behind him are the fans. They're still singing his
name because they have such affection for him.
"But they're losing football match after football match. Against Leicester
they were second best all over the field and that will be a massive concern
to everyone at the football club.
"There's fine line as a manager about how far you take criticism of your
team. Behind closed doors you can say a lot but when you go public and say
it was a 'betrayal', there are a lot of players who won't like that.
"It will make the atmosphere toxic in that dressing room. They'll look at
Jose and say 'what about you'?"
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