William Gallas fears it’s already only a matter of time before Liam Rosenior is sacked but has urged Chelsea not to switch him together with his former Arsenal teammate Cesc Fabregas.
After an encouraging begin to his Blues tenure, the wheels have already begun to fall off for Enzo Maresca’s successor.
The Blues have lost five of their last seven games in all competitions, have crashed out of Europe following an 8-2 defeat on aggregate against PSG and lost significant ground within the race for Champions League qualification.
An abject performance in a 3-0 loss at Everton prior to the international break highlighted the glaring deficiencies in Rosenior’s side and Gallas already believes the fact of hiring a young, untested manager has set in.
‘With Chelsea’s owners, anything can occur,’ Gallas told football odds. ‘No person knows what will occur at the top of the season.
‘It was really difficult to just accept the result against Paris Saint-Germain. A 8-2 loss may be very hard to take after which they lost 3-0 to Everton.
‘They’ve to search out an answer this weekend against Port Vale within the FA Cup to get a greater result and are available back with a victory but you don’t know what the owners are already considering.
Your football fix
Metro‘s Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy evaluation, transfer talk and his tackle the week’s biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.
Join here, it’s an open goal.
‘You don’t know what they’ll do in the event that they are already in search of a brand new manager. Possibly they think they made a mistake to bring Liam in.
‘It could be difficult to sack him before the top of the season. I don’t think it will be an excellent idea for anybody but for the manager, it will be a disaster. For the fans, it will cause much more frustration against the owners.’
Rosenior will hope for some respite this weekend with Chelsea hosting Port Vale within the FA Cup where anything but a win will cost him his job based on Gallas.
He said: ‘I feel Port Vale are in League One and so they are at the underside of the table. I feel they will likely be relegated to League Two so it will be a disaster if Chelsea slipped up. In the event that they have a nasty result against Port Vale, that may be the top of the manager.
‘I don’t think it’s an excellent idea to sack him before the top of the season but when he lost against Port Vale, that may be the top for him.
‘The fans can be fuming but sometimes you will have to watch out. In the event that they come to Stamford Bridge, it’s different. Chelsea will win 3-0.’
Should Chelsea’s Clearlake owners embark on one more latest manager search, the temptation to appoint Fabregas, who has overseen a metamorphosis within the fortunes of Italian minnows Como, can be hard to withstand.
Gallas, who played alongside the previous Spain international at Arsenal for 4 years, believes Chelsea can be a lot better off going for a more experienced manager.
He said: ‘What type of manager did Chelsea need? I feel all of it is determined by what you’re in search of. For the long-term, you possibly can herald Cesc Fabregas because he’s doing well together with his club in the intervening time.
‘He’s young and in a position to speak to a young squad. He’s doing an excellent job. In the long run, he can bring Chelsea back to the positions where everybody desires to see Chelsea.
Should you are enthusiastic about the short-term, to have success immediately, they need that experienced head to guide them like Diego Simone and together with his personality he can win things very soon with Chelsea.
‘Possibly the Chelsea players need him too because we’d like to see more warriors and soldiers within the team after what they’ve shown us. I feel you would like that variety of manager who’s just a little bit more harsh on the players.’
MORE: Joe Cole urges England boss Thomas Tuchel to drop Arsenal star for Chelsea rival to ‘win the World Cup’
MORE: Manchester United scout claims £18m star can change into ‘certainly one of the world’s best’
MORE: Manchester United reject Barcelona offer for Marcus Rashford as £26m transfer clause expires