Former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has backed under-fire Chelsea boss, Jose Mourinho, to fix the club’s disastrous season.
Mourinho has seen his title-winning side struggle to replicate last season’s form after losing 1-0 at home to Bournemouth – their eight of the campaign.
The Blues are currently 14th on the log, three points above the drop – an unfamiliar position for the Blues boss, one that Sir Alex believes he will overcome.
Despite receiving a vote of confidence from club owner, Ramon Abramovich, in October, Mourinho whose team has notched just four wins and five losses in 11 games could likely be shown the exit door if the poor results persist.
But Ferguson who went head to head with the Portuguese coach during his 27-year tenure at Old Trafford believes the former Real Madrid boss “will get back to normal” and he “can’t see it lasting long”.
“I have been watching José recently and spoken to him a couple of times, and this is the first time he has been confronted with non-success.
“If you look at his whole career there has been nothing but a rise all of the time, so for the first time in his life he has had to deal with bad publicity, adversity, and that is a challenge for him, but there are signs he is getting back to a balanced level although they lost on Saturday.
“I watched the match and they could have won by a few goals, but they lost, and then he has still has to face that sort of negative publicity and it is never easy for a manager in present-day football because the media attention is huge.
“Football today is such a big financial industry, the television deal is [worth] billions, there is the press involvement, there is pressure from their own fans, it is a very high-risk industry today.
“The sort of average time a manager lasts now is a year throughout the whole country and that is not a big time. For José, I think all good leaders will eventually find a solution I think he will get back to normal.
“It is not looking great at the moment but I know the guy and I know the work he has done in football and I can’t see it lasting long. I can’t see it.”
Chelsea travel to Porto on Wednesday for their final Champions League group stage tie and face league leaders, Leicester City, next week.
