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Chelsea have given Jose Mourinho the dreaded vote of confidence in club statement

The Blues boss has found himself under intense scrutiny as his team continues to stutter.

CHELSEA HAVE THIS afternoon released a statement giving manager Jose Mourinho a public vote of confidence following Saturday’s defeat to Southampton.

Chelsea are in the midst of the worst run of results in the Roman Abramovich era and the champions currently sit 16th in the Premier League after suffering a fourth defeat in eight games at the weekend.

In a bizarre seven minute post-match interview, Mourinho insisted he would not be walking away from Stamford Bridge and that the club would be ‘mad’ to sack him.

And in a statement on Chelsea’s official website, the club have given the 52-year-old its full support by insisting he remains the right man for the job.

“The club wants to make it clear that Jose continues to have our full support,” the statement read.

“As Jose has said himself, results have not been good enough and the team’s performances must improve.

“However, we believe that we have the right manager to turn this season around and that he has the squad with which to do it.”

Mourinho returned to Chelsea for a second spell in 2013, having previously led the west London club to two Premier League titles, two League Cups and one FA Cup between 2004 and 2007.

He masterminded a Premier League and League Cup double last season, but Chelsea have made a curiously flat start to the current campaign despite their title-winning squad remaining largely intact.

Chelsea’s statement came a day after Brendan Rodgers became the first managerial sacking of the season at Liverpool and Dick Advocaat stepped down from his role at Sunderland.

Chelsea captain John Terry had already given Mourinho his backing, telling the club website: “We have a big group of players and we have the best manager who we remain behind and we remain together.”

With additional reporting from AFP.

Originally published at 13.21

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