Former Chelsea midfielder, Frank Lampard has advised the club not to get rid of current manager, Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese is under pressure following a miserable start to this season and defeat to Liverpool over the weekend, which sees the Blues in 15th place with 11 points.
There has been talk that some players are not willing to make an effort for Mourinho and Lampard says it would only reflect badly on the player himself.
“Well, it is nonsense if it is happening – and I don’t believe it is,” he said.
“I don’t think players at the top level can down tools. Your first responsibility as a player is to yourself – if you are downing tools, the only one who looks stupid is yourself.
“This is not a great moment, this is not a time to flick the ball around the corner and have great games. This is a time for players to knuckle down and win games, maybe the hard way. These rumours around big players… the problem is when you are having a hard time, these stories become bigger. I don’t think those words would have been spoken, but it’s not great that they’re coming out.”
Lampard also spoke about stability at Stamford Bridge and pleaded with the club’s hierarchy not to sack Mourinho, who he insists is the best manager in Chelsea’s history.
He added: “When you look at it, it is crazy [the numbers of managers Chelsea have had in the Roman Abramovich era]. But Chelsea is a unique club. I think there’s such a desire to win and a pressure to win. The owner, the board, they have taken the decisions to win, and to be fair to them, as Chelsea people we can’t complain.
“We have had a lot of managers, and it might look messy, but we have got a lot of Premier League titles and a Champions League. What has been said recently is they want stability, so that’s the interesting thing to see now.
“Stability is the ideal. Manchester Untied were the ideal with Sir Alex Ferguson and the same with the great Liverpool managers of the past, it’s the ideal. You want to see a manager stay, you want to see young players coming through, and that’s the intriguing thing to see now, to see if Chelsea stick with him. He’s got a four-year contract and he has got the best record as Chelsea manager. He is proven world class, and I think they should stick with him.” .
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