London: Embattled Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho faces the greatest crisis of his stellar career, with British media reports claiming that he could be days away from losing his job.
With the defending champions 15th and floundering in the Premier League, fresh misery arrived on Tuesday when they had their League Cup crown prised from their fingers in a penalty shootout defeat at Stoke City.
It prompted the latest in a flood of damning headlines, with Wednesday's edition of The Sun splashing that Mourinho was "clinging to his job by a thread", his two-year tenure "all but over".
The Daily Mirror, meanwhile, reported that some senior players believe it is "only a matter of time before Mourinho departs", echoing recent claims that his combative methods have alienated members of his squad.
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